†Verticillites (demosponge)
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Demospongiae - Verticillitida - Verticillitidae
Parent taxon: Verticillitinae according to B. Senowbari-Daryan and J. K. Rigby 2015
See also Finks et al. 2004 and Sepkoski 2002
Sister taxa: Boikothalamia, Marinduqueia, Menathalamia, Murguiathalamia, Stylothalamia, Vascothalamia, Wienbergia
Subtaxa: none
Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Cretaceous of France (4 collections)
• Jurassic of Tajikistan (1)
• Triassic of Greece (1), the Russian Federation (1), Tajikistan (1)
Total: 8 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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