Suborder Megamorina Zittel 1878 (demosponge)

Demospongiae - Megalithistida

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

Sister taxon: Helomorina

Subtaxa: Archaeodorydermatidae Nexospongiidae Pleromatidae Saccospongiidae

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Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder

Distribution:

• Miocene of Spain (2 collections)

• Whaingaroan of New Zealand (1)

• Paleocene to Eocene of New Zealand (1)

• Cretaceous of France (4), Germany (13), Greece (1), Poland (6), Spain (3), the United Kingdom (3)

• Jurassic of Germany (6)

• Silurian of Canada (1: Nunavut)

• Arenigian of Argentina (1)

• Ordovician of Argentina (2), Australia (1), Canada (2: Newfoundland and Labrador), United States (3: Tennessee)

Total: 50 collections including 107 occurrences

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