Sarophora Schrammen 1912 (glass sponge)

Hexactinellida - Lychniscosa - Callodictyonidae

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

Parent taxon: Becksinae according to R. M. Finks et al. 2004

See also Sepkoski 2002

Sister taxa: Becksia, Discoptycha, Manzonispongia, Oncolpia, Plocoscyphia

Subtaxa: Sarophora aptiensis Sarophora armata

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Type: Sarophora armata

Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder

Distribution:

• Cretaceous of France (3 collections), Germany (1), Spain (1), the United Kingdom (1)

Total: 6 collections each including a single occurrence

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