†Grossotubenella Rigby et al. 1989 (demosponge)
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Demospongiae - Agelasida - Pharetrospongiidae
Full reference: J. K. Rigby, J. S. Fan, and W. Zhang. 1989. Inozoan calcareous Porifera from the Permian reefs in South China. Journal of Paleontology 63(6):778-800
Parent taxon: Leiofungiinae according to R. M. Finks et al. 2004
See also Sepkoski 2002
Sister taxa: Aulacopagia, Elasmopagia, Leiospongia, Leonopagia, Loenopagia, Radicanalospongia
Subtaxa: Grossotubenella parallela
Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Permian of China (6 collections), United States (2: New Mexico)
Total: 8 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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