†Phymatella Zittel 1878 (demosponge)
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Demospongiae - Tetralithistida - Siphoniidae
Synonym: Pseudoplocoscyphia
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, Paraspelaeum, Phymoracia, Trachysycon, Tretotoechus
Subtaxa: Phymatella bulbosa Phymatella heteropora Phymatella intumescens Phymatella irregularis Phymatella sphaeroides Phymatella spinosa
Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Cretaceous of France (1 collection), Germany (12), Poland (3), Spain (2)
Total: 18 collections including 31 occurrences
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