Discostroma Zittel 1878 (demosponge)

Demospongiae - Spirosclerophorida - Discostromatidae

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

See also Sepkoski 2002

Sister taxa: Hyalospongia, Hyalotragos, Proseliscothon

Subtaxa: Discostroma intricatum

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Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder

Distribution: found only at Genkingen, Swabian Alb (Jurassic of Germany)

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