Demospongiae - Tetractinomorpha
Full reference: A. Molineux. 1994. A late Pennsylvanian encruster: terminal Paleozoic calcified demosponge?. In: Embry AF, Beauchamp B, Glass DJ (eds.) Pangea: Global Environments and Resources, Calgary; Canadian Society of Petroleum Geologists Memoir 17:967-982
Parent taxon: Tetractinomorpha according to R. M. Finks and J. K. Rigby 2004
See also Molineux 1994 and Stearn and Stock 2015
Sister taxa: Alpinothalamiidae, Atractosella, Axinellida, Belemnospongia, Criccospongiidae, Petrosites, Spirophorida, Streptosclerophorida, Syltrochos
Subtaxa: none
Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder
Distribution: found only at Pond Dam, Trickham, Texas (Carboniferous of Texas)
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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