†Welteria lutensis Senowbari-Daryan et al. 2011 (demosponge)
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Demospongiae - Agelasida - Solenolmiidae
Full reference: B. Senowbari-Daryan, K. Rashidi, and H. Bettollah. 2011. Hypercalcified sponges from a small reef within the Norian-Rhaetian Nayband Formation near Yazd, central Iran. Rivista Italiana di Paleontologia e Stratigrafia 117(2):269-281
Belongs to Welteria according to B. Senowbari-Daryan et al. 2011
Sister taxa: Welteria hamedanii, Welteria hawasinensis, Welteria repleta, Welteria rhaetica
Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder
Distribution: found only at Yazd locality, Nayband Fm (Triassic of Iran)
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