Demospongiae - Tetralithistida - Plinthosellidae
Alternative combination: Dactylotus micropelta
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 Ingentilotus according to Laubenfels 1955
See also Schrammen 1910
Sister taxon: Ingentilotus ostreiformis
Type specimen: Its type locality is Oberg, which is in a Campanian offshore shelf marl in Germany
Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Cretaceous of Germany (2 collections)
Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence
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