Demospongiae - Tetralithistida - Theonellidae
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 Discodermia according to A. Schrammen 1910
Sister taxa: Discodermia catalaunica, Discodermia galloprovincialis, Discodermia polytylostoma, Discodermia stellata
Type specimen: Its type locality is Germania IV quarry, Niedersachsen, which is in a Campanian/Campanian offshore shelf marl/limestone in Germany
Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder
Distribution: found only at Germania IV quarry, Niedersachsen
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