Family Azoricidae Sollas 1888 (demosponge)

Demospongiae - Spirosclerophorida - Azoricidae

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

Sister taxon: Cnemidiastridae

Subtaxa: Astroboliinae Aulosominae Azoricinae Cytoraciinae Leiochoniinae Leiodermatium Siphonidiinae

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Type: Azorica

Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder

Distribution:

• Miocene of Algeria (2 collections), Spain (2)

• Eocene of Italy (1)

• Cretaceous of the Czech Republic (2), France (1), Germany (12), Greece (1), Poland (5), Spain (2)

• Jurassic of France (1), Germany (2)

Total: 31 collections including 111 occurrences

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