Sarsteinia babai Schlagintweit and Gawlick 2006 (calcareous sponge)

Calcarea - Aspiculata

Full reference: F. Schlagintweit and H.-J. Gawlick. 2006. Sarsteinia babai n. gen., n. sp., a new problematic sponge (Inozoa?) from the Late Jurassic of the Northern Calcareous Alps, Austria. Rivista Italiana di Paleontologie e Stratigrafia 112(2):251-260

Belongs to Sarsteinia according to F. Schlagintweit and H.-J. Gawlick 2006

Sister taxa: none

Type specimen: Its type locality is Sarsteinalm, Calcareous Alps, which is in a Kimmeridgian intrashelf/intraplatform reef limestone in the Plassen Formation of Austria

Ecology: stationary intermediate-level epifaunal suspension feeder

Distribution:

• Jurassic of Austria (1 collection), Turkey (1)

Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence

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