†Pyritonema McCoy 1850 (glass sponge)
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Parent taxon: Lyssacinosa according to R.E.H. Reid 2004
See also Sepkoski 2002
Sister taxa: Brachiospongia, Caulophacus, Colpospongia, Divaricospongia, Euplectellidae, Fistellaspongia, Leucopsacidae, Malumispongium, Oncosella, Opeamorphus, Pyruspongia, Rossellidae, Stauractinella, Toomeyospongia, Wongaspongia, Foerstella, Testispongia, Palaeorossella, Rosella
Subtaxa: Pyritonema scopula
Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Klabava of the Czech Republic (1 collection)
• Ordovician of Estonia (13), Sweden (1), the United Kingdom (3)
• Tremadoc of the Czech Republic (1)
Total: 19 collections including 20 occurrences
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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