Demospongiae - Verticillitida - Verticillitidae
Full reference: B. Senowbari-Daryan. 2005. Hypercalcified sphinctozoan sponges from Upper Triassic (Norian-Rhaetian) reefs of the Nayband Formation (Central and Northeast Iran). Jahrbuch der Geologischen Bundesanstalt 145(2):171-277
Parent taxon: Fanthalamiinae according to B. Senowbari-Daryan and J. K. Rigby 2015
See also Senowbari-Daryan 2005
Sister taxa: Cinnabaria, Fanthalamia
Subtaxa: Iranothalamia incrustans
Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Triassic of Iran (9 collections), the Russian Federation (4), the United Arab Emirates (1), United States (1: Nevada)
Total: 15 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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