Calcarea - Calcaronea - Endostomatidae
Full reference: R. M. Finks, R. E. H. Reid, and J. K. Rigby. 2004. Porifera (revised) (Demospongea, Hexactinellida, Heteractinida, Calcarea). Treatise on Invertebrate Paleontology E revised(3):1-872
Parent taxon: Stellispongiida according to R. M. Finks et al. 2004
Sister taxa: Lelapiidae, Stellispongiidae
Subtaxa: Endostoma Inquispongia Raphidonema Seriespongia
Type: Endostoma
Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Eocene of India (1 collection)
• Cretaceous of Argentina (1), Chile (4), Czechia (1), France (3), Mexico (1), Spain (1), the United Kingdom (3), United States (1: Texas), Venezuela (1)
• Jurassic of Austria (1), France (1), Germany (11), Iran (3), Poland (6), Portugal (7), Romania (1), Switzerland (1)
• Triassic of Austria (2), Bosnia and Herzegovina (1), Hungary (1), Indonesia (1), Iran (1), Italy (5), Oman (1), Peru (1), Slovenia (2), United States (2: Idaho, Oregon)
• Permian of China (2), Italy (1), Slovenia (1)
Total: 69 collections including 96 occurrences