Parent taxon: Demospongiae according to R. R. West et al. 2015
See also Sepkoski 2002 and Termier et al. 1985
Sister taxa: Agelasida, Atrochaetetes, Bauneia, Blastochaetetes, Burgundiidae, Ceractinomorpha, Chaetetida, Chondrosida, Choristida, Clavaxinellida, Consinocodium, Desmacellidae, Dictyonellidae, Guadalupiida, Hadromerida, Halichondrida, Haplosclerida, Hazeliidae, Hemiasterellidae, Heteroscleromorpha, Infexiostella, Janussenia, Karatubulus, Keratosa, Labyrinthus, Lithistida, Lovcenipora, Meandripetra, Metschnikowia, Monaxonida, Myxospongiae, Operculospongia, Paraaplysinofibria, Permosphincta, Petrosina, Poecilosclerida, Polymastidae, Raspailiidae, Riasanospongia, Scopalinidae, Spongillina, Spongiopsammia, Stelligeridae, Tabulospongida, Tetractinellida, Tetractinomorpha, Timeidae, Trachycladidae, Vauxiidae, Verticillitida
Subtaxa: Ptychochaetetes (Ptychochaetetes) Ptychochaetetes (Varioparietes) Ptychochaetetes peroni
Type: Ptychochaetetes ramosus
Ecology: stationary intermediate-level epifaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Cretaceous of France (1 collection)
• Jurassic of Algeria (1), Austria (1), Germany (2), Portugal (10), Romania (1), Serbia (3)
• Triassic of Tajikistan (1), Türkiye (1)
Total: 21 collections including 24 occurrences
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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