Demospongiae - Agelasida - Aphrosalpingidae
Full reference: S. Kovács. 1978. New Sphinctozoan sponges from the North Hungarian Triassic. Neues Jahrbuch für Geologie und Paläontologie, Monatshefte 1978(11):685-697
Belongs to Vesicocaulis according to S. Kovács 1978
Sister taxa: Vesicocaulis alpinus, Vesicocaulis carinthiacus, Vesicocaulis depressus, Vesicocaulis oenipontanus, Vesicocaulis ostiaesaccus, Vesicocaulis reticuliformis
Type specimen: T-501/A1. Its type locality is Alshóhegy plateau, Western Carpathians, Hungary, which is in a Ladinian/Tuvalian reef, buildup or bioherm reef rocks in the Wetterstein reef limestone Formation of Hungary.
Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Triassic of Austria (3 collections), Hungary (2), Slovenia (2)
Total: 7 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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