Toulminia compressa Schrammen 1912 (glass sponge)

Hexactinellida - Lychniscosa - Camerospongiidae

Full reference: A. Schrammen. 1912. Die Kieselspongien der oberen Kreide von Nordwestdeutschland, Teil 2 Triaxonia (Hexactinellida) [Upper Cretaceous sponges from north-western Germany, part 2 Triaxonia (Hexactinellida)]. Palaeontographica, Supplement 5:176-385

Belongs to Toulminia according to A. Schrammen 1912

Sister taxa: Toulminia benettiae, Toulminia catenifer, Toulminia italica, Toulminia wollemanni, Phalacrus hemisphaericus, Phalacrus flosculus, Phalacrus decurrens

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: found only at Teutonia Nord quarry, Late Campanian, Misburg

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