†Wongaspongia Rigby and Webby 1988 (glass sponge)
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Hexactinellida - Lyssacinosa - Pyruspongiidae
Full reference: J. K. Rigby and B. D. Webby. 1988. Late Ordovician sponges from the Malongulli Formation of central New South Wales, Australia. Palaeontographica Americana 56:1-147
Parent taxon: Pyruspongiidae according to J. K. Rigby and B. D. Webby 1988
See also Sepkoski 2002
Sister taxon: Pyruspongia
Subtaxa: Wongaspongia major Wongaspongia minor
Type: Wongaspongia minor
Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Ordovician of Australia (2 collections)
Total: 2 collections including 3 occurrences
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