†Verrucospongia (demosponge)
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Demospongiae - Spirosclerophorida
Parent taxon: Scleritodermatoidea according to R. M. Finks et al. 2004
See also Sepkoski 2002
Sister taxa: Jereicidae, Orecyta, Perimera, Plococonia, Pocillospongia, Reiswigia, Scleritodermatidae, Seliscothonidae
Subtaxa: Verrucospongia crassa
Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Cretaceous of the Czech Republic (1 collection)
• Triassic of Italy (1)
Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence
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