Demospongiae - Tetralithistida - Plinthosellidae
Full reference: A. Schrammen. 1910. Die Kieselspongien der oberen Kreide von Nordwestdeutschland, Teil 1 Tetraxonia, Monaxonia und Silicea incert. sedis [Upper Cretaceous sponges from north-western Germany, part 1 Tetraxonia, Monaxonia and Silicea incert. sedis]. Palaeontographica, Supplement 5:1-175
Parent taxon: Plinthosellidae according to R. M. Finks et al. 2004
See also Sepkoski 2002
Sister taxa: Claytonia, Hazelina, Ingentilotus, Plinthosella
Subtaxa: Pycnodesma globosa
Type: Pycnodesma globosa
Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Cretaceous of France (4 collections), Germany (2)
Total: 6 collections each including a single occurrence
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