Hexactinellida - Lychniscosa - Camerospongiidae
Synonym: Cameroscyphia Goldfuss 1831 [objective synonym]
Parent taxon: Camerospongiidae according to R. M. Finks et al. 2004
See also Sepkoski 2002
Sister taxa: Rhytistamnia, Robinia, Stamnia, Toulminia
Subtaxa: Camerospongia (Camerospongia) Camerospongia (Synolynthia) Camerospongia elongata Camerospongia exanthematica Camerospongia neocomiensis Camerospongia pervia Camerospongia tuberculata Camerospongia visentinae
Type: Scyphia fungiformis
Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Eocene of Italy (1 collection)
• Cretaceous of France (6), Germany (1), Poland (2), Spain (1), the United Kingdom (4)
• Jurassic of France (1), Germany (1)
Total: 17 collections including 19 occurrences
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