†Insulipora Finks 1960 (demosponge)
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Demospongiae - Lithistida - Chiastoclonellidae
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: Chiastoclonellidae according to R. M. Finks et al. 2004
See also Sepkoski 2002
Sister taxa: Actinocoelia, Allassospongia, Chiastoclonella, Chiastocolumnia, Craterospongiella, Defordia, Pseudovirgulopsis, Rutkowskiella, Syltispongia
Subtaxa: Insulipora elegans
Type: Insulipora elegans
Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Permian of United States (2: Texas collections)
Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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