Scleroplegma Schmidt 1880 (glass sponge)
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Hexactinellida - Lychniscosa - Dactylocalycidae
Parent taxon: Dactylocalycidae according to R. M. Finks et al. 2004
See also Sepkoski 2002
Sister taxa: Dactylocalycinae, Dactylocalyx, Jima, Meandrospongia, Ophrystomatinae, Pyrospongia
Subtaxa: Scleroplegma macrochorium
Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder
Distribution: found only at Oberg (Cretaceous of Germany)
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