Verpaspongia nodosa Johns 1994 (demosponge)

Demospongiae - Lithistida - Streptosolenidae

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 Verpaspongia according to R. A. Johns 1994

Sister taxa: none

Type specimen: Its type locality is IK-3 Ikes Canyon sponge beds, Toquima Range, which is in a Rangerian carbonate limestone in the Antelope Valley Formation of Nevada.

Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder

Distribution: found only at IK-3. Ikes Canyon sponge beds, Toquima Range

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