Demospongiae - Lithistida - Anthaspidellidae
Alternative combination: Nevadocoelia mazourkaensis
Full reference: J. L. Greife and R. L. Langenheim, Jr. 1963. Sponges and brachiopods from the Middle Ordovician Mazourka Formation, Independence quadrangle, California. Journal of Paleontology 37(3):564-574
Belongs to Archaeoscyphia according to R. A. Johns 1994
See also Greife and Langenheim 1963
Sister taxa: Archaeoscyphia alternata, Archaeoscyphia annulata, Archaeoscyphia annulata, Archaeoscyphia attenuata, Archaeoscyphia bassleri, Archaeoscyphia boltoni, Archaeoscyphia eganensis, Archaeoscyphia gislei, Archaeoscyphia minganensis, Archaeoscyphia nana, Archaeoscyphia pannosa, Archaeoscyphia pulchra, Archaeoscyphia rectilinearis, Archaeoscyphia rossi, Archaeoscyphia scalaria, Archaeoscyphia tenuis, Archaeoscyphia undulata
Type specimen: Its type locality is UCMP loc. B6086, Mazourka Canyon, which is in a Whiterockian carbonate limestone in the Badger Flat Formation of California.
Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder
Distribution: found only at UCMP loc. B6086, Mazourka Canyon
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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