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Raphidonema (sponge)

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Extinct genus of sponges

Raphidonema
Temporal range: Cretaceous–Eocene PreꞒ O S D C P T J K Pg N
Raphidonema sp. from England.
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Porifera
Class: Calcarea
Order: Stellispongiida
Family: Endostomatidae
Genus: Raphidonema
Hinde, 1883

Raphidonema is an extinct genus of calcareous sponges.

Fossil records

This genus is known in the fossil records from the Cretaceous period of France and United Kingdom to the Eocene of India (age range: from 136.4 to 37.2 million years ago).

Species

  • Raphidonema farringdonense Sharpe

References

  1. Taxonomicon
  2. Paleobiology Database
Taxon identifiers
Raphidonema


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