†Rutkowskiella Rigby 1977 (demosponge)
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Demospongiae - Lithistida - Chiastoclonellidae
Full reference: J. K. Rigby. 1977. A new chiastoclonellid sponge from the Devonian of Michigan. Journal of Paleontology 51(6):1215-1219
Parent taxon: Chiastoclonellidae according to R. M. Finks et al. 2004
See also Sepkoski 2002
Sister taxa: Actinocoelia, Allassospongia, Chiastoclonella, Chiastocolumnia, Craterospongiella, Defordia, Insulipora, Pseudovirgulopsis, Syltispongia
Subtaxa: Rutkowskiella tumula
Type: Rutkowskiella tumula
Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Devonian of Canada (1: Alberta collection), United States (1: Michigan)
Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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