Cupulospongia
Cupulospongia | |
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Cupulospongia patella, picture at Teylers Museum, Haarlem | |
Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Porifera |
Class: | Demospongiae |
Order: | Tetractinellida |
Family: | incertae sedis |
Genus: | †Cupulospongia d'Orbigny, 1849[1] |
Species | |
Several, including:
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Cupulospongia is an extinct genus of sponges from the Cretaceous of France.
C. elegans is vase shaped with a stout stalk. It is known from the sponge beds at Barrou, France.
The taxonomic position of the genus is unclear. Cupulospongia rimosa Roemer, 1864 is classified in Theonellidae while Cupulospongia tenuis Roemer, 1864 is in Azoricidae, both Demospongiae in the order Tetractinellida.
References
- Éponges fossiles des sables du terrain crétacé supérieur des environs de Saumur: étage senonien de d'Orbigny. A Courtiller - 1861
External links
- Cupulospongia at Musée National d'Histoire Naturelle, Paris
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