Rhizopsis horrida Schrammen 1910 (demosponge)

Demospongiae - Protomonaxonida - Sollasellidae

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 Rhizopsis according to A. Schrammen 1910

Sister taxa: none

Type specimen: Its type locality is Nettlingen, which is in a Turonian offshore shelf marl in the "Scaphiten-Pläner" Formation of Germany

Ecology: stationary intermediate-level epifaunal suspension feeder

Distribution:

• Cretaceous of Germany (2 collections)

Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence

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