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
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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