†Raanespongia monilis Rigby and Terrell 1973 (demosponge)
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Demospongiae - Lithistida - Astylospongiidae
Full reference: J. K. Rigby and F. M. Terrell. 1973. Permian sponges from western Ellesmere Island, arctic Canada. Canadian Journal of Earth Sciences 10:1431-1443
Belongs to Raanespongia according to J. K. Rigby and F. M. Terrell 1973
Sister taxon: Raanespongia iranica
Type specimen: GSC 32716. Its type locality is GSC C-10756, Blind Fjord, Ellesmere Island, which is in an Artinskian carbonate limestone in the Great Bear Cape Formation of Canada.
Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Permian of Canada (4: Nunavut collections)
Total: 4 collections each including a single occurrence
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