Demospongiae - Megalithistida - Pleromatidae
Full reference: A. Schrammen. 1910. Die Kieselspongien der oberen Kreide von Nordwestdeutschland, Teil 1 Tetraxonia, Monaxonia und Silicea incert. sedis [Upper Cretaceous sponges from north-western Germany, part 1 Tetraxonia, Monaxonia and Silicea incert. sedis]. Palaeontographica, Supplement 5:1-175
Belongs to Pachypoterion according to A. Schrammen 1910
Sister taxa: Pachypoterion auritum, Pachypoterion biedai
Type specimen: Its type locality is Sudmerberg, which is in a Coniacian/Santonian deep subtidal marl in the "Siphonia Marl" Formation of Germany
Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Cretaceous of Germany (3 collections)
Total: 3 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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