Demospongiae - Lithistida - Anthaspidellidae
Parent taxon: Anthaspidellidae according to R. M. Finks et al. 2004
See also Percival et al. 2001, Rigby and Desrochers 1995 and Sepkoski 2002
Sister taxa: Amplaspongia, Annulospongia, Antarcticocyathus, Anthaspidella, Archaeocyphia, Aulacospongia, Aulocopina, Australospongia, Brianispongia, Calycocoelia, Canningella, Capsospongia, Cauliculospongia, Climacospongia, Cockbainia, Colinispongia, Diotricheum, Dunhillia, Egania, Exochopora, Fibrocoelia, Fieldospongia, Finksella, Fistulosospongia, Gleesonia, Incrassospongia, Incrustatospongia, Isispongia, Jereina, Jianghania, Malongullospongia, Mastophyma, Multispongia, Multistella, Okulitchina, Palaeojerea, Palaeophyma, Patellispongia, Phacellopegma, Playfordiella, Protachilleum, Psarodictyum, Pseudomultistella, Pseudopalmatohindia, Pycnospongia, Rankenella, Rhodesispongia, Rhopalocoelia, Rugocoelia, Schismospongia, Somersetella, Steliella, Striataspongia, Stromatomorpha, Strotospongia, Syringelasma, Syringophyllum, Talacastonia, Timidella, Trachyum, Trochospongia, Tschernyschevostuckenbergia, Vandonia, Vankempenia, Velellospongia, Virgaspongia, Virgaspongiella, Yarrowigahia, Zittelella
Subtaxa: Archaeoscyphia alternata Archaeoscyphia annulata Archaeoscyphia annulata Archaeoscyphia attenuata Archaeoscyphia bassleri Archaeoscyphia boltoni Archaeoscyphia eganensis Archaeoscyphia gislei Archaeoscyphia mazourkaensis Archaeoscyphia minganensis Archaeoscyphia nana Archaeoscyphia pannosa Archaeoscyphia pulchra Archaeoscyphia rectilinearis Archaeoscyphia rossi Archaeoscyphia scalaria Archaeoscyphia tenuis Archaeoscyphia undulata
Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Silurian of Canada (20: Northwest Territories, Nunavut, Quebec collections)
• Chazyan of Canada (1: Quebec)
• Whiterockian of Canada (1: Newfoundland and Labrador), United States (3: California)
• Arenig of Argentina (4), Canada (1: Newfoundland and Labrador), China (12), United States (7: Oklahoma, Texas)
• Arenigian of Argentina (2), South Korea (1), United States (1: Nevada)
• Ordovician of Argentina (6), Australia (3), Canada (4: Newfoundland, Newfoundland and Labrador, Quebec), China (11), Norway (1), South Korea (4), United States (25: Missouri, Nevada, Oklahoma, Texas, Utah)
• Canadian of United States (1: Maryland)
Total: 108 collections including 129 occurrences
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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