Vauxia Walcott 1920 (demosponge)

Demospongiae - Vauxiidae

Parent taxon: Vauxiidae according to J. K. Rigby 1980

See also Bambach et al. 2007 and Sepkoski 2002

Sister taxon: Angulosuspongia

Subtaxa: Vauxia bellula Vauxia densa Vauxia gracilenta Vauxia irregulara Vauxia magna Vauxia pregracilenta Vauxia venata

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Type: Vauxia gracilenta

Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder

Distribution:

• Delamaran of Canada (14: British Columbia collections), United States (2: Utah)

• Cambrian of Canada (3: British Columbia), China (2), Greenland (1), United States (1: Utah)

Total: 23 collections including 33 occurrences

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