Demospongiae - Verticillitida - Verticillitidae
Full reference: B. Senowbari-Daryan. 1990. Die systematische Stellung der thalamiden Schwämme und ihre Bedeutung in der Erdgeschichte. Münchener Geowissenschaftliche Abhandlungen, Reihe A 21:5-326
Parent taxon: Polytholosiinae according to R. M. Finks et al. 2004
See also Senowbari-Daryan and Hamadani 1999 and Sepkoski 2002
Sister taxa: Polytholosia, Tetraproctosia
Subtaxa: Nevadathalamia alpina Nevadathalamia arabica Nevadathalamia conica Nevadathalamia cylindrica Nevadathalamia interpariesfera Nevadathalamia minima Nevadathalamia orbisfera Nevadathalamia ramosa Nevadathalamia siciliana Nevadathalamia variabilis Nevadathalamia waliabadensis
Type: Polytholosia cylindrica
Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Triassic of Austria (5 collections), Canada (3: Yukon), Iran (11), Italy (3), Mexico (2), the United Arab Emirates (1), United States (5: Alaska, Nevada)
Total: 30 collections including 44 occurrences
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