Cribrospongia

Cribrospongia
Temporal range:
Cribrospongia clathrata at Teylers Museum, Haarlem
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Porifera
Class: Hexactinellida
Order: Sceptrulophora
Family: Cribrospongiidae
Genus: †
d'Orbigny, 1849
Species
  • †Cribrospongia clathrata d'Orbigny, 1849
  • †Cribrospongia elegans (Schrammen, 1937), syn. Tremadictyon elegans
  • †Cribrospongia reticulata (Goldfuss, 1826)
  • †Tremadictyon roemeri Assmann, 1937
Synonyms
  • †Tremadictyon Zittel, 1877

Cribrospongia is an extinct genus of prehistoric sponges in the family Cribrospongiidae. The species C. elegans is from the Jurassic period and has been found in Germany.

See also

References

  • Cours élémentaire de paléontologie et de géologie stratigraphiques. A d'Orbigny, 1849
  • Note sur les polypiers fossiles. A d'Orbigny, 1849
  • "Cribrospongia". The Encyclopedia of Life.
  • "Cribrospongia". Paleobiology Database.


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