Demospongiae - Agelasida - Sestrostomellidae
Synonym: Palaeoierea Laube 1865
Parent taxon: Sestrostomellidae according to F. Amirhassankhani et al. 2014
See also Finks et al. 2004, Laube 1865 and Sepkoski 2002
Sister taxa: Brevisiphonella, Epitheles, Himatella, Polysiphonella, Trachytila, Vesicotubispongia, Winwoodia
Subtaxa: Palaeoierea gracilis Sestrostomella aureolata Sestrostomella conica Sestrostomella robusta Sestrostomella wartae
Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Cretaceous of Canada (1: Nova Scotia collection)
• Jurassic of Poland (1)
• Triassic of Australia (1), Austria (2), Hungary (1), Iran (14), Italy (8), the Russian Federation (4), Turkey (2)
Total: 34 collections including 36 occurrences
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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