Asconema oligocaena Brückner et al. 2003 (glass sponge)

Hexactinellida - Lyssacinosa - Rossellidae

Full reference: A. Brückner, D. Janussen, and S. Schneider. 2003. Eine neue Poriferen-Fauna aus dem Septarienton (Oligozän, Rupelium) von Bad Freienwalde (NE-Deutschland) und der erste fossil erhaltene Vertreter der nicht-rigiden Hexactinelliden-Gattung Asconema [A new Poriferan fauna from the Septarienton (Oligocene, Rupelian) of Bad Freienwalde (NE Germany) and the first fossil representative of the non-rigid hexactinellid genus Asconema. Palaeontologische Zeitschrift 77(2):263-280

Belongs to Asconema according to A. Brückner et al. 2003

Sister taxa: none

Type specimen: Its type locality is Septarienton, Bad Freienwalde, which is in a Rupelian prodelta claystone in the Septarienton Formation of Germany

Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder

Distribution: found only at Septarienton, Bad Freienwalde

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