Hydnoangulus quadratus Rigby and Ausich 1981 (glass sponge)

Hexactinellida - Reticulosa - Dictyospongiidae

Full reference: J. K. Rigby and W. I. Ausich. 1981. Lower Mississippian sponges from the Edwardsville Formation, southern Indiana. Journal of Paleontology 55(2):370-382

Belongs to Hydnoangulus according to J. K. Rigby and W. I. Ausich 1981

Sister taxa: none

Type specimen: Its type locality is IU 15107 Waldrip, Lake Monroe, which is in a Mississippian deltaic sandstone in the Edwardsville Formation of Indiana

Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder

Distribution: found only at IU 15107 Waldrip, Lake Monroe

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