Anthaspidellidae

Anthaspidellidae
Nevadacoelia wistae, from the early Ordovician of Nevada.
Scientific classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Porifera
Class: Demospongiae
Suborder: †Orchocladina
Family: †
Miller, 1889
Genera
  • Capsospongia
  • Rankenella[1]
  • Calycocoelia[2]
  • Zittelella[3]
  • Rhopalocoelria Raymond and Okulitch, 1940
  • ?Eospongia (Billings, 1861; Raymond & Okulitch, 1940)
  • ?Hudsonospongia (Raymond & Okulitch, 1940)
  • ?Steliella (Hinde, 1889; Wilson, 1948)
  • ?Zittelella (Ulrich & Everett, 1890)

Anthaspidellidae is an extinct family of sponges whose dendroclone spicules form ladder-like trabs.[1]

References

  1. ^ a b Kruse, P. (1983). "Middle Cambrian 'Archaeocyathus' from the Georgina Basin is an anthaspidellid sponge". Alcheringa: An Australasian Journal of Palaeontology. 7: 49–58. Bibcode:1983Alch....7...49K. doi:10.1080/03115518308619633.
  2. ^ Rigby, J. Keith (1973). "A New Anthaspidellid Sponge from the Silurian of Lake Timiskaming, Quebec". Journal of Paleontology. 47 (4). Paleontological Society: 801–804. JSTOR 1303055.
  3. ^ Bingli, L.; Rigby, J. K.; Zhongde, Z. (2003). "Middle Ordovician Lithistid Sponges from the Bachu-Kalpin Area, Xinjiang, Northwestern China". Journal of Paleontology. 77 (3). Paleontological Society: 430–441. doi:10.1666/0022-3360(2003)077<0430:MOLSFT>2.0.CO;2. JSTOR 4094792.


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