Yukonella Senowbari-Daryan and Reid 1987 (demosponge)

Demospongiae - Agelasida - Aphrosalpingidae

Full reference: B. Senowbari-Daryan and R. P. Reid. 1987. Upper Triassic sponges (Sphinctozoa) from southern Yukon, Stikinia terrane. Canadian Journal of Earth Sciences 24:882-902

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

See also Sepkoski 2002

Sister taxa: Russospongia, Tolminothalamia, Vesicocaulis

Subtaxa: none

Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder

Distribution: found only at Lime Peak reefs (Triassic of Yukon)

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