†order Pachastrellida Reid 2004 (demosponge)

Demospongiae - Pachastrellida

Full reference: R.E.H. Reid. 2004. Mesozoic and Cenozoic choristid demosponges. Treatise on Invertebrate Paleontology E revised(3):175-198

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

Sister taxa: Ancorinida, Arthaberia, Cephaloraphiditidae, Craniellida, Fusiferella, Helminthophyllidae, Plakinida, Scolioraphididae, Ungulaspongia

Subtaxa: Costamorphiidae Pachastrellidae Theneidae

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Ecology: stationary intermediate-level epifaunal suspension feeder

Distribution:

• Miocene of Algeria (1 collection), Portugal (1), Slovakia (1), Spain (1)

• Eocene of Australia (1), Ukraine (3)

• Cretaceous of Germany (5), Poland (3)

• Jurassic of Germany (1), the United Kingdom (1)

• Triassic of Austria (2)

Total: 20 collections including 24 occurrences

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