†Paelospongia procera Mostler 1986 (demosponge)
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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
Belongs to Paelospongia according to H. Mostler 1986
Sister taxa: Paelospongia longiradiata, Paelospongia turgida
Type specimen: Its type locality is Tretto, which is in a Fassanian marine limestone in Italy
Ecology: stationary intermediate-level epifaunal suspension feeder
Distribution: found only at Tretto
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