Blastulospongia polytreta Conway Morris and Menge 1990 (foram)

Foraminifera

Full reference: S. Conway Morris and C. Menge. 1990. Blastulospongia polytreta n. sp., an enigmatic organism from the Lower Cambrian, Hubei China. Journal of Paleontology 64(1):26-30

Belongs to Blastulospongia according to S. Conway Morris and C. Menge 1990

Sister taxa: Blastulospongia mindyallica, Blastulospongia monothalamos

Type specimen: Its type locality is Hubei Province [Shuijingtuo Fm], which is in an Atdabanian marine limestone in the Shuijingtuo Formation of China

Ecology: stationary semi-infaunal omnivore

Distribution: found only at Hubei Province [Shuijingtuo Fm]

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