†Chilcaia Carrera 1994 (sponge)
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Heteractinida - Octactinellida - Eiffeliidae
Full reference: M. G. Carrera. 1994. An Ordovician sponge fauna from the San Juan Formation, Precordillera Basin, western Argentina. Neues Jahrbuch für Geologie und Paläontologie, Abhandlungen 191(2):201-220
Parent taxon: Eiffeliidae according to M. G. Carrera 1994
Sister taxa: Astraeoconus, Eiffelia, Eiffelospongia, Gondekia, Petaloptyon, Toquimiella, Zangerlispongia
Subtaxa: Chilcaia bimuralis
Type: Chilcaia bimuralis
Ecology: stationary intermediate-level epifaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Ordovician of Argentina (3 collections)
Total: 3 collections each including a single occurrence
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