Eospongia Billings 1861 (demosponge)

Demospongiae - Lithistida - Streptosolenidae

Parent taxon: Streptosolenidae according to J. K. Rigby and A. Desrochers 1995

See also Sepkoski 2002

Sister taxa: Allosaccus, Antrospongia, Aulocopella, Aulocopium, Aulocopoides, Dendroclonella, Edriospongia, Gallatinospongia, Hudsonospongia, Lissocoelia, Orlinocyathus, Ozarkocoelia, Perissocoelia, Streptosolen, Verpaspongia, Wilbernicyathus

Subtaxa: Eospongia roemeri

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Type: Eospongia roemeri

Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder

Distribution:

• Ordovician of Canada (1: Newfoundland and Labrador collection), United States (36: Virginia)

• Chazy of Canada (1: Quebec), United States (6: New York)

• Arenig of Argentina (1)

Total: 45 collections each including a single occurrence

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