Gigantospongia discoforma Rigby and Senowbari-Daryan 1996 (demosponge)

Demospongiae - Agelasida - Auriculospongiidae

Full reference: J. K. Rigby and B. Senowbari-Daryan. 1996. Gigantospongia, new genus, the largest known Permian sponge, Capitan Limestone, Guadalupe Mountains, New Mexico. Journal of Paleontology 70:347-355

Belongs to Gigantospongia according to J. K. Rigby et al. 1998

See also Rigby and Senowbari-Daryan 1996

Sister taxa: none

Type specimen: USNM 480456. Its type locality is Sponge Window, Bat Cave Draw, Guadalupe Mountains, which is in a Capitanian reef, buildup or bioherm bindstone in the Capitan Formation of New Mexico.

Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder

Distribution:

• Permian of United States (8: New Mexico collections)

Total: 8 collections each including a single occurrence

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