†Cavusonella Rigby et al. 1989 (demosponge)
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Demospongiae - Agelasida - Auriculospongiidae
Full reference: J. K. Rigby, J. S. Fan, and W. Zhang. 1989. Inozoan calcareous Porifera from the Permian reefs in South China. Journal of Paleontology 63(6):778-800
Parent taxon: Auriculospongiinae according to R. M. Finks et al. 2004
See also Sepkoski 2002
Sister taxa: Alaskaspongiella, Anguispongia, Auriculospongia, Molengraaffia, Monolaminospongia, Polyplacospongia
Subtaxa: Cavusonella caverna
Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Triassic of the United Arab Emirates (1 collection)
• Permian of China (5), Tunisia (4), United States (13: New Mexico)
Total: 23 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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