Demospongiae - Monalithistida - Vetulinidae

Full reference: D. Mehl and F. T. Fürsich. 1997. Middle Jurassic Porifera from Kachchh, western India. Palaeontologische Zeitschrift 71:19-33

Parent taxon: Vetulininae according to R. M. Finks et al. 2004

See also Mehl and Fürsich 1997

Sister taxa: Cladodia, Cryptodesma, Exodictydia, Mastosia, Multipocula, Rhytidoderma, Tetraspongia, Vetulina

Subtaxa: Jumarella astrorhiza

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Type: Jumarella astrorhiza

Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder

Distribution: found only at Jumara Dome, sponge meadows (Jurassic of India)

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