ammonites
Patellispongia australis Rigby and Webby 1988 (demosponge)

Demospongea - Orchocladina - Anthaspidellidae

Full reference: J. K. Rigby and B. D. Webby. 1988. Late Ordovician sponges from the Malongulli Formation of central New South Wales, Australia. Palaeontographica Americana 56:1-147

Belongs to Patellispongia according to J. K. Rigby and B. D. Webby 1988

Sister taxa: Patellispongia alternata, Patellispongia argentina, Patellispongia attenuata, Patellispongia brosiusae, Patellispongia mackenziensis, Patellispongia oculata, Patellispongia robusta, Patellispongia rugosa

Type specimen: Its type locality is Coppermine Creek, Cliefden Caves, which is in an Eastonian slope/ramp reef limestone/siltstone in the Malongulli Formation of Australia

Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder