Typhlopleura Schrammen 1902 (glass sponge)

Hexactinellida - Hexactinosa - Euretidae

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

See also Sepkoski 2002

Sister taxa: Balantionella, Chonelasma, Eubrochis, Habrosium, Megalodictyon, Ptychorete, Tretochone, Wollemannia

Subtaxa: Typhlopleura dichotoma

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Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder

Distribution: found only at Teutonia Nord quarry, Late Campanian, Misburg (Cretaceous of Germany)

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