†Verpaspongia nodosa Johns 1994 (demosponge)
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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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