Full reference: F. Sánchez-Beristain, P. García-Barrera, and E. A. Juárez-Aguilar. 2021. Cretaceous chaetetids (Porifera: Demospongiae) from Mexico: Systematics, palaeoecology, palaeobiogeography, stratigraphy and perspectives. Journal of South American Earth Sciences 109(78):103258
Belongs to Blastochaetetes according to F. Sánchez-Beristain et al. 2021
Sister taxa: Blastochaetetes bathonicus, Blastochaetetes capilliformis, Blastochaetetes dresnayi, Blastochaetetes venezuelensis, Blastochaetetes zaafranensis
Type specimen: Its type locality is El Gorrión, which is in a Coniacian/Santonian lagoonal/restricted shallow subtidal wackestone in the Tamasopo Formation of Mexico
Ecology: stationary intermediate-level epifaunal suspension feeder
Distribution: found only at El Gorrión
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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