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
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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