Demospongiae - Verticillitida - Colospongiidae
Synonym: Waagenella de Laubenfels 1955
Full reference: G. C. Laube. 1865. Die Fauna der Schichten von St. Cassian: Ein Beitrag zur Paläontologie der Alpinen Trias. II. Abtheilung. Spongitarien, Corallen, Echiniden und Crinoiden 1-76
Parent taxon: Colospongiinae according to F. Amirhassankhani et al. 2014
See also Finks et al. 2004, Kiessling 2003, Rigby 1984, Senowbari-Daryan and Rigby 2015 and Sepkoski 2002
Sister taxa: Colospongiella, Hajarispongia, Pseudoimperatoria, Subascosymplegma, Tristratocoelia, Uvothalamia
Subtaxa: Colospongia americana Colospongia arakeljani Colospongia aspergillum Colospongia benjamini Colospongia catenulata Colospongia composita Colospongia cortexifera Colospongia cribrifera Colospongia dubia Colospongia globosa Colospongia iranica Colospongia lenis Colospongia leveni Colospongia maxima Colospongia mennulensis Colospongia monilis Colospongia multivesiculosa Colospongia nachodkiensis Colospongia panormitana Colospongia paronae Colospongia pramollensis Colospongia ramosa Colospongia recta Colospongia salinaria Colospongia semseyi Waagenella muliensis
Type: Colospongia dubia
Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Triassic of Austria (19 collections), Canada (1: Yukon), Germany (4), Greece (3), Hungary (9), Indonesia (1), Iran (5), Italy (18), Japan (2), Malaysia (1), Oman (2), Peru (1), Romania (2), the Russian Federation (2), Slovakia (8), Slovenia (2), Spain (1), Tajikistan (9), Thailand (1), Turkey (4), United States (5: Nevada, Oregon)
• Permian of Azerbaijan (1), China (39), Croatia (1), Iran (1), Italy (4), Oman (2), the Russian Federation (14), Slovenia (4), Thailand (1), Tunisia (27), Ukraine (3), United States (2: Texas), Venezuela (3)
• Carboniferous of Austria (1), United States (1: Texas)
Total: 204 collections including 251 occurrences
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