Hexactinellida - Lychniscosa - Calyptrellidae

Full reference: A. Schrammen. 1912. Die Kieselspongien der oberen Kreide von Nordwestdeutschland, Teil 2 Triaxonia (Hexactinellida) [Upper Cretaceous sponges from north-western Germany, part 2 Triaxonia (Hexactinellida)]. Palaeontographica, Supplement 5:176-385

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

See also Sepkoski 2002

Sister taxon: Kentrosia

Subtaxa: Calyptrella bertae

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Type: Calyptrella bertae

Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder

Distribution: found only at Oberg (Cretaceous of Germany)

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