†Paraspelaeum Schrammen 1924 (demosponge)
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Demospongiae - Tetralithistida - Siphoniidae
Parent taxon: Phymatellinae according to R. M. Finks et al. 2004
See also Sepkoski 2002
Sister taxa: Asterocalyx, Astrolemma, Bolojerea, Bolospongia, Calymmatina, Craterella, Kalpinella, Kozlowskispongia, Marginospongia, Phymatella, Phymoracia, Trachysycon, Tretotoechus
Subtaxa: Paraspelaeum labyrinthicum
Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder
Distribution: found only at Stapelburg (Cretaceous of Germany)
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