Raphidonema_(sponge)

<i>Raphidonema</i> (sponge)

Raphidonema (sponge)

Extinct genus of sponges

Raphidonema is an extinct genus of calcareous sponges.[1]

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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).[2]

Species

  • †Raphidonema farringdonense Sharpe

References

  1. [1]
    Taxonomicon
  2. [2]
    Paleobiology Database


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