Demospongiae - Lithistida - Anthaspidellidae
Full reference: M. S. Beresi and J. K. Rigby. 1993. The Lower Ordovician sponges of San Juan, Argentina. Brigham Young University Geology Studies 39:1-63
Belongs to Archaeoscyphia according to M. S. Beresi and J. K. Rigby 1993
Sister taxa: Archaeoscyphia alternata, Archaeoscyphia annulata, Archaeoscyphia annulata, Archaeoscyphia attenuata, Archaeoscyphia bassleri, Archaeoscyphia boltoni, Archaeoscyphia eganensis, Archaeoscyphia gislei, Archaeoscyphia mazourkaensis, Archaeoscyphia minganensis, Archaeoscyphia pannosa, Archaeoscyphia pulchra, Archaeoscyphia rectilinearis, Archaeoscyphia rossi, Archaeoscyphia scalaria, Archaeoscyphia tenuis, Archaeoscyphia undulata
Type specimen: Its type locality is Talacasto Gulch, which is in an Arenigian open shallow subtidal wackestone/lime mudstone in the San Juan Formation of Argentina
Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Arenigian of Argentina (2 collections)
• Ordovician of China (1)
Total: 3 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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