Tetillopsis Schrammen 1910 (demosponge)

Demospongiae - Craniellida - Tetillidae

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: Tetillidae according to R. M. Finks et al. 2004

See also Sepkoski 2002

Sister taxa: Craniella, Paracinachyrella

Subtaxa: Tetillopsis doeringi Tetillopsis longitridens

View classification

Type: Tetillopsis doeringi

Ecology: stationary intermediate-level epifaunal suspension feeder

Distribution: found only at Oberg (Cretaceous of Germany)

Show more details


Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.


Click image to enlarge. Click to access iDigBio record.