Megalithista Zittel 1878 (demosponge)

Demospongiae - Megalithistida - Pleromatidae

Alternative spelling: Megalithistida

Parent taxon: Heterostiniinae according to R. M. Finks et al. 2004

See also Sepkoski 2002

Sister taxa: Amphilectella, Anomorphites, Gigantodesma, Heterostinia, Holodictyon, Lyidium, Placonella

Subtaxa: none

Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder

Distribution: found only at Erkenbrechtsweiler, Swabian Alb (Jurassic of Germany)

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