†Tethyopsis cretaceus Hinde 1883 (demosponge)
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Demospongiae - Tetractinellida
Full reference: G. J. Hinde. 1883. Catalogue of the fossil sponges in the Geological Department of the British Museum (Natural History). 1-248
Belongs to Tethyopsis according to G. J. Hinde 1883
Sister taxon: Tethyopsis steinmanni
Type specimen: Its type locality is Flamborough, which is in a Cretaceous carbonate chalk in the United Kingdom
Ecology: stationary intermediate-level epifaunal suspension feeder
Distribution: found only at Flamborough
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