Demospongiae - Spirosclerophorida - Haplistiidae
Full reference: R. M. Finks. 1960. Late Paleozoic sponge faunas of the Texas region: The siliceous sponges. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 120(1):1-160
Parent taxon: Haplistiidae according to R. M. Finks et al. 2004
See also Dilliard and Rigby 2001 and Sepkoski 2002
Sister taxa: Boonderooia, Columellaespongia, Crawneya, Haplistion, Kazania, Lewinia, Monarchopemmatites, Mortieria, Nipterella, Oremo, Parodospongia, Pemmatites, Radiatospongia, Rhaphidhistia, Taplowia, Varneycoelia, Warrigalia
Subtaxa: Chaunactis foliata Chaunactis kaera Chaunactis malkowskii Chaunactis olsoni
Type: Chaunactis foliata
Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Permian of Mexico (6 collections), Svalbard and Jan Mayen (5), United States (1: Texas)
• Carboniferous of United States (1: Arizona)
Total: 13 collections including 14 occurrences
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