Pseudovirgulopsis Deng 1981 (demosponge)

Demospongiae - Lithistida - Chiastoclonellidae

Full reference: Z. Q. Deng. 1981. Upper Permian sponges from Laibin of Guangxi. Acta Palaeontologica Sinica 20(5):418-427

Parent taxon: Chiastoclonellidae according to Z. Q. Deng 1981

See also Rigby et al. 2006

Sister taxa: Actinocoelia, Allassospongia, Chiastoclonella, Chiastocolumnia, Craterospongiella, Defordia, Insulipora, Rutkowskiella, Syltispongia

Subtaxa: Pseudovirgulopsis solus

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Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder

Distribution: found only at Matan Section 010, north bank, Heshan (Permian of China)

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