Solusrectus rosetta Botting 2004 (glass sponge)

Hexactinellida

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 Solusrectus 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 intermediate-level epifaunal suspension feeder

Distribution: found only at Llanfawr Quarry 2a, Llandrindod

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