†Elasmoierea (calcareous sponge)
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Calcarea - Calcaronea - Stellispongiidae
Synonym: Elasmocoelia
Parent taxon: Stellispongiinae according to R. M. Finks et al. 2004
See also Sepkoski 2002
Sister taxa: Amorphofungia, Amorphospongia, Blastinoidea, Conocoelia, Diaplectia, Elasmostoma, Euzittelia, Heteropenia, Lutia, Pachymura, Pachytilodia, Pareudea, Paronadella, Peronidella, Steinmanella, Steinmannella, Stellispongia, Trachypenia, Trachysinia, Trachysphecion
Subtaxa: Elasmoierea sequana
Type: Elasmoierea sequana
Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Cretaceous of France (1 collection), Germany (1), Switzerland (2), the United Kingdom (1)
Total: 5 collections including 8 occurrences
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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