Minitaspongia parvis Carrera et al. 2018 (glass sponge)

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

Belongs to Minitaspongia according to M. G. Carrera et al. 2018

Sister taxa: none

Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder

Distribution: found only at Jague town, Sierra de las Minitas, Agua de Lucho Fm (Carboniferous of Argentina)

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