†Mastosia rhytidodes Mehl and Fürsich 1997 (demosponge)
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Demospongiae - Monalithistida - Vetulinidae
Full reference: D. Mehl and F. T. Fürsich. 1997. Middle Jurassic Porifera from Kachchh, western India. Palaeontologische Zeitschrift 71:19-33
Belongs to Mastosia according to D. Mehl and F. T. Fürsich 1997
Sister taxon: Mastosia neocomiensis
Type specimen: Its type locality is Jumara Dome, sponge meadows, which is in a Bathonian offshore ramp wackestone/marl in the Patcham Formation of India
Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder
Distribution: found only at Jumara Dome, sponge meadows
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