†Gigantospongia Rigby and Senowbari-Daryan 1996 (demosponge)
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Demospongiae - Agelasida - Auriculospongiidae
Full reference: J. K. Rigby and B. Senowbari-Daryan. 1996. Gigantospongia, new genus, the largest known Permian sponge, Capitan Limestone, Guadalupe Mountains, New Mexico. Journal of Paleontology 70:347-355
Parent taxon: Gigantospongiinae according to R. M. Finks et al. 2004
See also Sepkoski 2002
Sister taxa: none
Subtaxa: Gigantospongia discoforma
Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Permian of United States (8: New Mexico collections)
Total: 8 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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