Demospongiae - Lithistida - Streptosolenidae
Parent taxon: Streptosolenidae according to R. M. Finks et al. 2004
See also Liu et al. 2003 and Sepkoski 2002
Sister taxa: Allosaccus, Antrospongia, Aulocopella, Aulocopoides, Dendroclonella, Edriospongia, Eospongia, Gallatinospongia, Hudsonospongia, Lissocoelia, Orlinocyathus, Ozarkocoelia, Perissocoelia, Streptosolen, Verpaspongia, Wilbernicyathus
Subtaxa: Aulocopium aurantium Aulocopium nana Aulocopium sanjuanensis
Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Silurian of Canada (1: Nunavut collection)
• Arenigian of Argentina (1)
• Arenig of Argentina (1)
• Ordovician of Argentina (4), Australia (3), China (1)
Total: 11 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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