Scheiella thesaurium Finks 1971 (demosponge)

Demospongiae - Streptosclerophorida - Hindiidae

Full reference: R. M. Finks. 1971. A new Permian eutaxicladine demosponge, mosaic evolution, and the origin of the Dicranocladina. Journal of Paleontology 45(6):977-997

Belongs to Scheiella according to R. M. Finks 1971

Sister taxa: none

Type specimen: USNM 170273. Its type locality is USNM731, Pinyon Tank, Guadalupe Mountains, which is in a Wordian slope limestone in the Bell Canyon Formation of Texas.

Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder

Distribution: found only at USNM731, Pinyon Tank, Guadalupe Mountains

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