Rhoptrum Schrammen 1910 (demosponge)

Demospongiae - Tetralithistida - Theonellidae

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: Theonellinae according to R. M. Finks et al. 2004

See also Sepkoski 2002

Sister taxa: Colossolacis, Discodermia, Leiophyllum, Placoscytus, Racodiscula, Stellettites, Theonella

Subtaxa: Rhoptrum scytaliforme

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Type: Rhoptrum scytaliforme

Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder

Distribution:

• Eocene of Italy (1 collection)

• Cretaceous of Germany (1), Spain (1)

Total: 3 collections each including a single occurrence

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