Family Pleromatidae Sollas 1888 (demosponge)
Demospongiae - Megalithistida - Pleromatidae
Parent taxon: Megamorina according to R. M. Finks et al. 2004
Sister taxa: Archaeodorydermatidae, Nexospongiidae, Saccospongiidae
Subtaxa: Heterostiniinae Pleromatinae
Type: Pleroma
Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Miocene of Spain (2 collections)
• Whaingaroan of New Zealand (1)
• Paleocene to Eocene of New Zealand (1)
• Cretaceous of France (4), Germany (13), Greece (1), Poland (6), Spain (3), the United Kingdom (3)
• Jurassic of Germany (6)
Total: 40 collections including 93 occurrences