Hexactinellida - Innaecoeliida - Craticulariidae
Full reference: A. Schrammen. 1912. Die Kieselspongien der oberen Kreide von Nordwestdeutschland, Teil 2 Triaxonia (Hexactinellida) [Upper Cretaceous sponges from north-western Germany, part 2 Triaxonia (Hexactinellida)]. Palaeontographica, Supplement 5:176-385
Belongs to Leptophragma according to A. Schrammen 1912
Sister taxa: Leptophragma glutinata, Leptophragma murchisoni, Leptophragma striatopunctatum
Type specimen: Its type locality is Teutonia Nord quarry, Late Campanian, Misburg, which is in a Campanian offshore shelf marl/limestone in Germany
Ecology: stationary intermediate-level epifaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Cretaceous of Germany (5 collections), Poland (3), the United Kingdom (1)
Total: 9 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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