†Pachyascus Schrammen 1937 (glass sponge)
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Hexactinellida - Innaecoeliida - Craticulariidae
Parent taxon: Laocoetidinae according to R. M. Finks et al. 2004
See also Sepkoski 2002
Sister taxa: Aulacosia, Botroclonium, Intextum, Laocoetis, Leptolacis, Scipiospongia
Subtaxa: Pachyascus batalleri Pachyascus formosus Pachyascus lopatinensis Pachyascus punctatus
Ecology: stationary intermediate-level epifaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Cretaceous of France (1 collection), Spain (2)
• Jurassic of Germany (2), Poland (1), the Russian Federation (2)
Total: 8 collections each including a single occurrence
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