Demospongiae - Protomonaxonida - Sollasellidae
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: Sollasellidae according to R. M. Finks et al. 2004
See also Sepkoski 2002
Sister taxa: Coniculospongia, Ginkgospongia, Luterospongia, Mckittrickella, Monaxoradiata, Opetionella, Sollasella, Sphaeriella, Stramentella, Trichospongia, Trichospongiella
Subtaxa: Rhizopsis horrida
Type: Rhizopsis horrida
Ecology: stationary intermediate-level epifaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Cretaceous of Germany (2 collections)
• Carboniferous of the United Kingdom (2)
Total: 4 collections each including a single occurrence
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