Scleroplegma Schmidt 1880 (glass sponge)

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

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Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder

Distribution: found only at Oberg (Cretaceous of Germany)

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