Calcarea - Calcaronea - Stellispongiidae
Parent taxon: Stellispongiinae according to R. M. Finks et al. 2004
See also Sepkoski 2002 and Squires and Demetrion 1992
Sister taxa: Amorphofungia, Amorphospongia, Blastinoidea, Conocoelia, Diaplectia, Elasmoierea, Euzittelia, Heteropenia, Lutia, Pachymura, Pachytilodia, Pareudea, Paronadella, Peronidella, Steinmanella, Steinmannella, Stellispongia, Trachypenia, Trachysinia, Trachysphecion
Subtaxa: Elasmostoma aperiens Elasmostoma bajaensis Elasmostoma fomes Elasmostoma patelliformis
Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Eocene of Mexico (2 collections)
• Cretaceous of France (6), Germany (2), Switzerland (4)
• Jurassic of France (1), Germany (4), Poland (1), Portugal (1)
• Permian of China (3)
Total: 24 collections including 26 occurrences
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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