Coscinodiscus Schrammen 1937 (demosponge)

Demospongiae - Tetralithistida - Cylindrophymatidae

Parent taxon: Cylindrophymatidae according to R. M. Finks et al. 2004

See also Sepkoski 2002

Sister taxa: Chonophyma, Cylindrophyma, Linochone, Melonella

Subtaxa: Coscinodiscus pavillardi

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Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder

Distribution:

• Quaternary of Kenya (2 collections)

• Miocene of Morocco (2)

• Eocene of the United Kingdom (11)

• Jurassic of Germany (5)

Total: 20 collections each including a single occurrence

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