†Neoheliospongia Deng 1981 (demosponge)
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Demospongiae - Protomonaxonida - Heliospongiidae
Full reference: Z. Q. Deng. 1981. Upper Permian sponges from Laibin of Guangxi. Acta Palaeontologica Sinica 20(5):418-427
Parent taxon: Heliospongiidae according to J. K. Rigby et al. 1998
Sister taxa: Coelocladia, Coelocladiella, Heliospongia, Spitsbergenia
Subtaxa: Neoheliospongia typica
Ecology: stationary intermediate-level epifaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Permian of China (1 collection), United States (8: New Mexico)
Total: 9 collections each including a single occurrence
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