Demospongiae - Protomonaxonida
Full reference: J. K. Rigby, J. T. McCleary, and B. B. Britt. 2007. A new demospongiid sponge from the Permian Park City Formation near Park City, Utah, USA. Neues Jahrbuch für Geologie und Paläontologie - Abhandlungen 245(2):153-158
Parent taxon: Protomonaxonida according to J. K. Rigby et al. 2007
Sister taxa: Choiidae, Halichondritidae, Hamptoniidae, Hazeliidae, Heliospongiidae, Leptomitidae, Mahalospongiidae, Piraniidae, Sinospongiidae, Sollasellidae, Takakkawiidae, Tethyidae, Ulospongiellidae, Wapkiidae
Subtaxa: Lobatospongia nodensis
Type: Lobatospongia nodensis
Ecology: stationary intermediate-level epifaunal suspension feeder
Distribution: found only at United Park City Mines property (Permian of Utah)
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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