Cryptophragmus

Cryptophragmus
Temporal range: 456.1–449.5 Ma
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Porifera
Class: Stromatoporoidea
Order: †Labechiida
Family: †Aulaceratidae
Genus: Cryptophragmus
Raymond, 1914[1]
Species
  • Cryptophragmus antiquatus Raymond, 1914 (type)

Cryptophragmus is an extinct genus of sponges in the extinct family Aulaceratidae. Species are from the Ordovician of Australia, Canada (Ontario), China and the United States (Georgia, Virginia).

See also

References

  1. A Beatricia-like organism from the Middle Ordovician. Raymond P.E., 1914, Canada Geological Survey Museum Bulletin, volume 5, pages l-19 (description page 8)


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