Demospongiae

Full reference: P. A. Gerasimov. 1960. Gubki podmoskovskoy yury u nizhnego mela [Jurassic and Lower Cretaceous sponges of the Moscow region]. Materialy po Geologii i Poleznym Ickopayemym Tsentral'nykh Rayonov Evropeyskoy Chasti SSSR 3:5-63

Parent taxon: Demospongia according to J. J., Jr. Sepkoski 2002

Sister taxa: Agelasida, Atrochaetetes, Bauneia, Blastochaetetes, Burgundiidae, Ceractinomorpha, Chaetetida, Chondrosida, Choristida, Clavaxinellida, Consinocodium, Desmacellidae, Dictyonellidae, Epipolasida, Guadalupiida, Hadromerida, Halichondrida, Haplosclerida, Hemiasterellidae, Heteroscleromorpha, Infexiostella, Janussenia, Karatubulus, Keratosa, Lithistida, Lovcenipora, Meandripetra, Metschnikowia, Myxospongiae, Operculospongia, Permosphincta, Petrosina, Poecilosclerida, Polymastidae, Ptychochaetetes, Raspailiidae, Riasanospongia, Scopalinidae, Spongillina, Spongiopsammia, Stelligeridae, Tabulospongida, Tetractinellida, Tetractinomorpha, Timeidae, Trachycladidae, Vauxiidae, Verticillitida

Subtaxa: Paraaplysinofibria bolchovitinovae

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Type: Paraaplysinofibria bolchovitinovae

Ecology: stationary intermediate-level epifaunal suspension feeder

Distribution: found only at Mikhaylov (Cretaceous of Russian Federation)

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