†family Plinthosellidae Schrammen 1910 (demosponge)

Demospongiae - Tetralithistida - Plinthosellidae

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

Sister taxa: Astrocladiidae, Chenendoporidae, Phymaraphiniidae, Protetraclisidae, Radiocelliidae, Siphoniidae, Sulcastrella, Theonellidae, Vermiculissimum

Subtaxa: Claytonia Hazelina Ingentilotus Plinthosella Pycnodesma

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Type: Plinthosella

Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder

Distribution:

• Oligocene of Ukraine (1 collection)

• Eocene of United States (2: North Carolina)

• Cretaceous of Denmark (1), France (5), Germany (8), Poland (9), Spain (2)

Total: 28 collections including 33 occurrences

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