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Guadalupia

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Extinct genus of sponges

Guadalupia
Temporal range: Pennsylvanian–Norian PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Porifera
Class: Demospongiae
Order: Agelasida
Family: †Guadalupiidae
Genus: †Guadalupia
Girty, 1908

Guadalupia is an extinct genus of sea sponges. It includes a number of extinct species including: Guadalupia auricula, G. cupulosa, G. ramescens, G. microcamera, and G. vasa.

Fossils of Guadalupia zitteliana Girty, 1908a and Guadalupia explanata (King, 1943) have been found in the Upper Permian limestone near the Carlsbad Caverns in New Mexico.

References

  1. The Sponge Family Guadalupiidae in the Texas Permian Robert M. Finks.
  2. Rigby, J. K.; Senowbari-Daryan, B.; Liu, H. (1998). "Sponges of the Permian Upper Capitan Limestone Guadalupe Mountains, New Mexico and Texas". Brigham Young University Geology Studies. 43: 19–89. ISSN 0068-1016.
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Guadalupia


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