Calcarea - Calcaronea - Stellispongiidae
Synonym: Diasterofungia
Parent taxon: Stellispongiinae according to R. M. Finks et al. 2004
See also Sepkoski 2002
Sister taxa: Amorphofungia, Amorphospongia, Blastinoidea, Conocoelia, Diaplectia, Elasmoierea, Elasmostoma, Euzittelia, Heteropenia, Lutia, Pachymura, Pachytilodia, Pareudea, Paronadella, Peronidella, Steinmanella, Steinmannella, Trachypenia, Trachysinia, Trachysphecion
Subtaxa: Stellispongia manon Stellispongia minor Stellispongia radiata Stellispongia stellaris Stellispongia subsphaerica Stellispongia variabilis
Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Cretaceous of Switzerland (1 collection)
• Jurassic of Eritrea (1), France (1), Germany (3), Switzerland (1)
• Triassic of Italy (13), Peru (1), Slovenia (1), Tajikistan (1), United States (1: Alaska)
• Permian of China (20), Croatia (1), Slovenia (1)
Total: 46 collections including 51 occurrences
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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