ammonites
Pachyascus batalleri Lagneau-Herenger 1962 (glass sponge)

Hexactinellida - Hexactinosa - Craticulariidae

Full reference: L. Lagneau-Herenger. 1962. Contribution a l'etude des spongiaires siliceux du Cretace inferieur. Memoires de la Societe Geologique de France 95:1-252

Belongs to Pachyascus according to L. Lagneau-Herenger 1962

Sister taxa: Pachyascus formosus, Pachyascus lopatinensis, Pachyascus punctatus

Type specimen: Its type locality is Mas de Artis, which is in an Aptian coastal sandstone in Spain

Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder