†Granulispongia obscura Botting 2004 (glass sponge)
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Hexactinellida - Reticulosa - Asthenospongiidae
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
Belongs to Granulispongia according to J. P. Botting 2004
Sister taxa: none
Type specimen: Its type locality is Llanfawr Quarry 2a, Llandrindod, which is in a Sandbian offshore mudstone in the Llanfawr Mudstone Formation of the United Kingdom
Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Ordovician of the United Kingdom (3 collections)
Total: 3 collections each including a single occurrence
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