†Porosphaera Steinmann 1878 (calcareous sponge)
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Calcarea - Lithonida - Minchinellidae
Parent taxon: Minchinellidae according to R. M. Finks et al. 2004
See also Sepkoski 2002
Sister taxa: Bactronella, Minchinella, Monoplectroninia, Muellerithalamia, Petrostroma, Plectroninia, Porosphaerella, Retispinopora, Sagittularia, Tulearinia
Subtaxa: Porosphaera adhaerens Porosphaera galeata Porosphaera globularis Porosphaera plana
Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Paleocene of Denmark (1 collection), France (1)
• Cretaceous of France (8), Germany (6), Poland (14), the United Kingdom (1)
• Jurassic of Canada (2: Nova Scotia)
Total: 33 collections including 43 occurrences
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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