Thaumastocoelia Steinmann 1882 (demosponge)

Demospongiae - Agelasida - Thaumastocoeliidae

Parent taxon: Thaumastocoeliidae according to R. M. Finks et al. 2004

See also Senowbari-Daryan and Rigby 2015 and Sepkoski 2002

Sister taxa: Enoplocoeliinae, Kovacsia, Shotorithalamia, Thaumastocoeliinae

Subtaxa: Thaumastocoelia cassiana Thaumastocoelia dolomitica Thaumastocoelia irregularis Thaumastocoelia mutaria Thaumastocoelia ovoidalis Thaumastocoelia siciliana Thaumastocoelia sphaeroida

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Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder

Distribution:

• Triassic of Canada (1: British Columbia collection), Hungary (3), Italy (6), Turkey (2), United States (1: Idaho)

• Permian of China (1), Iran (1), Oman (5), the Russian Federation (1)

Total: 21 collections including 23 occurrences

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