Demospongiae - Tetralithistida - Corallistidae
Alternative combination: Phalangium scytaliforme
Full reference: A. Schrammen. 1910. Die Kieselspongien der oberen Kreide von Nordwestdeutschland, Teil 1 Tetraxonia, Monaxonia und Silicea incert. sedis [Upper Cretaceous sponges from north-western Germany, part 1 Tetraxonia, Monaxonia and Silicea incert. sedis]. Palaeontographica, Supplement 5:1-175
Belongs to Schrammeniella according to R. M. Finks et al. 2004
See also Schrammen 1910
Sister taxon: Schrammeniella cylindratum
Type specimen: Its type locality is Teutonia Nord quarry, Late Campanian, Misburg, which is in a Campanian offshore shelf marl/limestone in Germany
Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Cretaceous of Germany (2 collections), Poland (3)
Total: 5 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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