†Collatipora Finks 1960 (demosponge)
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Demospongiae - Lithistida - Anthracosyconidae
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: Anthracosyconidae according to R. M. Finks et al. 2004
See also Finks 1960 and Sepkoski 2002
Sister taxa: Anthracosycon, Dactylites, Devonospongia, Laubenfelsia
Subtaxa: Collatipora delicata Collatipora discreta Collatipora pyriformis
Type: Collatipora discreta
Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Permian of United States (11: Texas collections), Venezuela (1)
Total: 12 collections each including a single occurrence
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