Demospongiae - Heteroscleromorpha
Parent taxon: Demospongiae according to A. Pisera et al. 2016
Sister taxa: Agelasida, Atrochaetetes, Bauneia, Blastochaetetes, Burgundiidae, Ceractinomorpha, Chaetetida, Chondrosida, Choristida, Clavaxinellida, Consinocodium, Desmacellidae, Dictyonellidae, Epipolasida, Guadalupiida, Hadromerida, Halichondrida, Haplosclerida, Hemiasterellidae, Infexiostella, Janussenia, Karatubulus, Keratosa, Lithistida, Lovcenipora, Meandripetra, Metschnikowia, Myxospongiae, Operculospongia, Paraaplysinofibria, Permosphincta, Petrosina, Poecilosclerida, Polymastidae, Ptychochaetetes, Raspailiidae, Riasanospongia, Scopalinidae, Spongillina, Spongiopsammia, Stelligeridae, Tabulospongida, Tetractinellida, Tetractinomorpha, Timeidae, Trachycladidae, Vauxiidae, Verticillitida
Subtaxa: Spongillida
Ecology: stationary intermediate-level epifaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Quaternary of Canada (1: British Columbia collection)
• Blancan of United States (1: Oregon)
• Pliocene to Pleistocene of Ethiopia (1)
• Eocene of Canada (1: Lac de Gras)
• Jurassic of United States (1: Colorado)
Total: 5 collections including 6 occurrences