†Chilcaia bimuralis 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
Belongs to Chilcaia according to M. G. Carrera 1994
Sister taxa: none
Type specimen: Its type locality is Cerro La Chilca, Jachal, which is in a Llanvirn open shallow subtidal limestone in the San Juan Formation of Argentina
Ecology: stationary intermediate-level epifaunal suspension feeder
Distribution: found only at Cerro La Chilca, Jachal
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