Demospongiae - Pachastrellida - Pachastrellidae
Full reference: A. Schrammen. 1910. Die Kieselspongien der oberen Kreide von Nordwestdeutschland, Teil 1 Tetraxonia, Monaxonia und Silicea incert. sedis [Upper Cretaceous sponges from north-western Germany, part 1 Tetraxonia, Monaxonia and Silicea incert. sedis]. Palaeontographica, Supplement 5:1-175
Parent taxon: Pachastrellidae according to R. M. Finks et al. 2004
See also Sepkoski 2002
Sister taxa: Acanthophora, Brachiaster, Calthropellinae, Halininae, Helobrachium, Pachastrellinae, Paropsites, Youngella
Subtaxa: Propachastrella primaeva
Ecology: stationary intermediate-level epifaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Cretaceous of Germany (5 collections), Poland (3)
Total: 8 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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