†Minitaspongia Carrera et al. 2018 (glass sponge)
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Hexactinellida - Reticulosa - Dictyospongiidae
Full reference: M. G. Carrera, J. J. Rustan, N. E. Vaccari and M. Ezpeleta. 2018. A new Mississippian hexactinellid sponge from the western Gondwana: Taxonomic and paleobiogeographic implications. Acta Palaeontologica Polonica 63(1):63-70
Parent taxon: Thysanodictyinae according to M. G. Carrera et al. 2018
Sister taxa: Acloeodictya, Arystidictya, Clathrospongia, Lebedictya, Mattaspongia, Thamnodictya, Thysanodictya
Subtaxa: Minitaspongia parvis
Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder
Distribution: found only at Jague town, Sierra de las Minitas, Agua de Lucho Fm (Carboniferous of Argentina)
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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