Heteractinida - Octactinellida - Eiffeliidae

Full reference: J. K. Rigby and M. H. Nitecki. 1975. An unusually well preserved heteractinid sponge from the Pennsylvanian of Illinois and a possible classification and evolutionary scheme for the Heteractinida. Journal of Paleontology 49(2):329-339

Parent taxon: Eiffeliidae according to R. M. Finks et al. 2004

See also Sepkoski 2002

Sister taxa: Astraeoconus, Chilcaia, Eiffelia, Eiffelospongia, Gondekia, Petaloptyon, Toquimiella

Subtaxa: Zangerlispongia richardsoni

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Type: Zangerlispongia richardsoni

Ecology: stationary intermediate-level epifaunal suspension feeder

Distribution: found only at Alden Mine No. 5, Farmington (Carboniferous of Illinois)

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