Arduorhiza pyramidata Waagen and Wentzel 1888 (sponge)

Arduorhiza pyramidata - Disjectoporidae

Alternative combinations: Carta pyramidata, Carterina pyramidata

Full reference: W. Waagen and J. Wentzel. 1888. Productus Limestone Fossils, Part VII. Salt Range Fossils, Palaeontologia Indica, Series 13 1(7):925-994

Belongs to Arduorhiza according to C. W. Stearn 2015

See also Flügel 1959 and Waagen and Wentzel 1888

Sister taxa: Carterina alpina, Carterina simplexa

Type specimen: Its type locality is Chidru, topmost Middle Productus, Salt Range, which is in a Wuchiapingian carbonate limestone in the Wargal Formation of Pakistan

Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder

Distribution: found only at Chidru, topmost Middle Productus, Salt Range

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