†Plocoscyphia maaki Schrammen 1912 (glass sponge)
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Hexactinellida - Lychniscosa - Callodictyonidae
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 Plocoscyphia according to A. Schrammen 1912
Sister taxa: Plocoscyphia centuncula, Plocoscyphia communis, Plocoscyphia fenestrata, Plocoscyphia gaultina
Type specimen: Its type locality is Halberstadt, which is in a Turonian offshore shelf marl in the "Scaphiten-Pläner" Formation of Germany
Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder
Distribution: found only at Halberstadt
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