Ingentilotus micropelta Schrammen 1910 (demosponge)

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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