Demospongiae - Agelasida - Cryptocoeliidae
Parent taxon: Cryptocoeliidae according to F. Amirhassankhani et al. 2014
See also Finks et al. 2004, Senowbari-Daryan and Rigby 2015 and Sepkoski 2002
Sister taxa: Anisothalamia, Antalythalamia, Calabrispongia, Rigbyspongia, Sphaerothalamia
Subtaxa: Cryptocoelia compacta Cryptocoelia cylindrica Cryptocoelia linki Cryptocoelia maxima Cryptocoelia multicanalis Cryptocoelia wurmi Cryptocoelia zitteli
Type: Cryptocoelia zitteli
Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Triassic of Australia (1 collection), Austria (19), Canada (1: Yukon), Greece (1), Hungary (1), Iran (5), Italy (11), Japan (3), Oman (3), the Russian Federation (1), Serbia and Montenegro (1), Slovakia (10), Slovenia (3), Tajikistan (5), Turkey (2), United States (1: Oregon)
• Permian of China (2), Kyrgyzstan (1)
Total: 71 collections including 91 occurrences
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