Hexactinellida - Reticulosa - Dierespongiidae

Full reference: R. M. Finks. 1960. Late Paleozoic sponge faunas of the Texas region: The siliceous sponges. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 120(1):1-160

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

See also Sepkoski 2002

Sister taxa: Dierespongia, Polyplectella, Stephanella, Sycodictya

Subtaxa: Polylophidium discus

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Type: Polylophidium discus

Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder

Distribution: found only at AMNH503, Old Word Ranch, Glass Mountains (Permian of Texas)

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