†Phlyctaenium Zittel 1878 (glass sponge)
Click image to enlarge. Click to access iDigBio record.
Hexactinellida - Lychniscosa - Polyblastidiidae
Parent taxon: Polyblastidiidae according to R. M. Finks et al. 2004
See also Jordan 1963 and Sepkoski 2002
Sister taxon: Coeloscyphia
Subtaxa: Phlyctaenium microporum
Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Cretaceous of France (1 collection)
• Jurassic of Germany (1)
Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
Click image to enlarge. Click to access iDigBio record.