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Raphidonema (sponge)

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Kingdom
  
Animalia

Phylum
  
Porifera

Subclass
  
Calcaronea

Order
  
Pharetronida

Rank
  
Genus

Raphidonema (sponge)

Similar
  
Carpopenaeus, Hexagonia, Hexagonaria, Favosites, Enchodus

Raphidonema is an extinct genus of calcareous sponges.

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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).

Species

  • Raphidonema farringdonense Sharpe
  • References

    Raphidonema (sponge) Wikipedia