Hexactinellida - Hexactinosa - Aphrocallistidae
Synonym: Badinskia Pomel 1872
Parent taxon: Aphrocallistidae according to R. M. Finks et al. 2004
See also Sepkoski 2002
Sister taxon: Druidia
Subtaxa: Aphrocallistes alveolites Aphrocallistes bochotnicensis Aphrocallistes cylindrodactylus Aphrocallistes estevoui Aphrocallistes kazimierzensis Aphrocallistes lobata Aphrocallistes lobatus Aphrocallistes macroporus Aphrocallistes mammillaris Aphrocallistes verrucosus Aphrocallistes vistulae
Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Miocene of Brazil (4 collections), Japan (3), Spain (3)
• Oligocene of Germany (1), United States (1: Washington)
• Eocene of Spain (1), Ukraine (2), United States (4: Washington)
• Paleocene of Denmark (1)
• Cretaceous of Denmark (1), France (2), Germany (8), Greece (1), Poland (15), the United Kingdom (3)
Total: 50 collections including 72 occurrences
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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