Demospongiae - Lithistida - Anthaspidellidae
Full reference: R. A. Johns. 1994. Ordovician lithistid sponges of the Great Basin. Nevada Bureau of Mines and Geology Open-File Report 94(1):1-156
Belongs to Archaeoscyphia according to R. A. Johns 1994
Sister taxa: Archaeoscyphia alternata, Archaeoscyphia annulata, Archaeoscyphia annulata, Archaeoscyphia attenuata, Archaeoscyphia bassleri, Archaeoscyphia boltoni, Archaeoscyphia eganensis, Archaeoscyphia gislei, Archaeoscyphia mazourkaensis, Archaeoscyphia minganensis, Archaeoscyphia nana, Archaeoscyphia pannosa, Archaeoscyphia pulchra, Archaeoscyphia rectilinearis, Archaeoscyphia scalaria, Archaeoscyphia tenuis, Archaeoscyphia undulata
Type specimen: Its type locality is Sunnyside sponge mounds, Egan Range, which is in an Arenigian intrashelf/intraplatform reef limestone in the Shingle Limestone Formation of Nevada
Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Arenigian of United States (1: Nevada collection)
• Ordovician of United States (1: Utah)
Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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