†Halichondrites Walcott 1920 (demosponge)
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Demospongiae - Protomonaxonida - Halichondritidae
Alternative spelling: Halicondrites
Parent taxon: Halichondritidae according to R. M. Finks et al. 2004
See also Bambach et al. 2007, Caron and Jackson 2008, Rigby and Collins 2004 and Sepkoski 2002
Sister taxa: Arborispongia, Pohlispongia
Subtaxa: Halichondrites elissa
Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Jurassic of Germany (1 collection)
• Cambrian of Canada (8: British Columbia), China (9), United States (1: Utah)
Total: 19 collections each including a single occurrence
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