Paraspelaeum Schrammen 1924 (demosponge)

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

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Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder

Distribution: found only at Stapelburg (Cretaceous of Germany)

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