†Nevadocoelia Bassler 1927 (demosponge)

Demospongiae - Tetractinellida - Archaeoscyphidae

Full reference: R. S. Bassler. 1927. A new early Ordovician sponge fauna. Journal of the Washington Academy of Sciences 17(15):390-394

Parent taxon: Archaeoscyphidae according to R. S. Bassler 1927

See also Johns 1994 and Sepkoski 2002

Sister taxon: Hesperocoelia

Subtaxa: Nevadocoelia grandis Nevadocoelia traini Nevadocoelia wistae

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Type: Nevadocoelia wistae

Ecology: stationary intermediate-level epifaunal suspension feeder

Distribution:

• Whiterockian of United States (2: California collections)

• Ordovician of United States (6: Nevada)

Total: 8 collections including 10 occurrences

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