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Calceolispongia

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Kingdom
  
Animalia

Class
  
Crinoidea

Family
  
Calceolispongiidae

Phylum
  
Echinodermata

Subclass
  
Cladida

Rank
  
Genus

Calceolispongia

Similar
  
Crotalocrinites, Abrotocrinus, Caleidocrinus, Dizygocrinus, Apiocrinites

Calceolispongia (literally "Shoe Sponge") is a diverse genus of cladid crinoids that lived along the shores of eastern Gondwanaland that correspond to Timor and Western Australia, today.

When the first fossils were discovered, they were mistakenly thought to be sponges, hence the generic name. Later, similarly shaped fossils were found, and (correctly) identified as those of a crinoid, and named "Dinocrinus." ("Terrible Lily") It was soon realized that Dinocrinus and Calceolispongia were the same, and Dinocrinus is now regarded as a junior synonym.

References

Calceolispongia Wikipedia