†family Paelospongiidae Mostler 1986 (demosponge)

Demospongiae - Ancorinida - Paelospongiidae

Full reference: H. Mostler. 1986. Neue Kieselschwämme aus den Zlambachschichten (Obertrias, Nördliche Kalkalpen) [New siliceous sponges from the Zlambach Beds (Upper Triassic, northern Calcareous Alps)]. Geologisch-Paläontologische Mitteilungen Innsbruck 13:331-361

Parent taxon: Ancorinida according to R. M. Finks et al. 2004

Sister taxa: Ancorinidae, Geodiidae

Subtaxa: Actinospongiella Paelospongia

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Type: Paelospongia

Ecology: stationary intermediate-level epifaunal suspension feeder

Distribution:

• Triassic of Austria (3 collections), Italy (1), Oman (1)

Total: 5 collections each including a single occurrence

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