†Cypellospongia fimbriartis Rigby and Gosney 1983 (glass sponge)
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Hexactinellida - Lyssacinosa - Euplectellidae
Full reference: J. K. Rigby and T. C. Gosney. 1983. First reported Triassic lyssakid sponges from North America. Journal of Paleontology 57(4):787-796
Belongs to Cypellospongia according to A. Pisera et al. 1996
See also Rigby and Gosney 1983
Sister taxa: none
Type specimen: BYU1992. Its type locality is Thaynes Ridge, Beartrap Fork, Big Cottonwood Creek, Wasatch Mountains, which is in a Spathian shallow subtidal limestone in the Thaynes Formation of Utah.
Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Triassic of United States (5: Nevada, Utah collections)
Total: 5 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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