†Eochaunactis Rigby and Dixon 1979 (demosponge)
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Demospongiae - Megalithistida - Saccospongiidae
Full reference: J. K. Rigby and O. A. Dixon. 1979. Sponge fauna of the Upper Silurian Read Bay Formation, Somerset Island, District of Franklin, Arctic Canada. 53(3):587-627
Parent taxon: Saccospongiidae according to R. M. Finks et al. 2004
See also Sepkoski 2002
Sister taxa: Cliefdenospongia, Epiplastospongia, Haplistionella, Rugospongia, Saccospongia
Subtaxa: Eochaunactis radiata
Type: Eochaunactis radiata
Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder
Distribution: found only at Garnier Bay, Somerset Island (Silurian of Nunavut)
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