Grossotubenella parallela Rigby et al. 1989 (demosponge)

Demospongiae - Agelasida - Pharetrospongiidae

Alternative combination: Grossotubinella parallela

Full reference: J. K. Rigby, J. S. Fan, and W. Zhang. 1989. Inozoan calcareous Porifera from the Permian reefs in South China. Journal of Paleontology 63(6):778-800

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

See also Rigby et al. 1989, Rigby et al. 1994 and Wu 1991

Sister taxa: none

Type specimen: IG 5216. Its type locality is Xiangbo reef, unit 27, Longlin County, which is in a Wordian reef, buildup or bioherm framestone/grainstone in the Maokou Formation of China.

Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder

Distribution:

• Permian of China (6 collections), United States (2: New Mexico)

Total: 8 collections each including a single occurrence

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