†Xylochos Botting 2004 (demosponge)
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Demospongiae - Protomonaxonida - Hazeliidae
Full reference: J. P. Botting. 2004. An exceptional Caradoc sponge fauna from the Llanfawr Quarries, central Wales and phylogenetic implications. Journal of Systematic Palaeontology 2(1):31-63
Parent taxon: Hazeliidae according to J. P. Botting 2004
Sister taxa: Crumillospongia, Falospongia, Hazelia, Lasiocladia
Subtaxa: Xylochos palindromica
Type: Xylochos palindromica
Ecology: stationary intermediate-level epifaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Ordovician of the United Kingdom (5 collections)
Total: 5 collections each including a single occurrence
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