Ethmophyllidae

Ethmophyllidae
Temporal range:
Scientific classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Porifera
Order: †Ajacicyathida
Superfamily: †Ethmophylloidea
Family: †
Okulitch 1937
Type genus
Ethmophyllum
Meek 1868
Genera[1]
  • †Angaricyathus Zhuravleva 1965
  • †Aulocricus
  • †Cordilleracyathus Handfield 1971
  • †Dupliporocyathus
  • †Ethmophyllum Meek 1868
  • †Kolbicyathus
  • †Parethmophyllum
  • †Squamosocyathus
  • †Stephenicyathus Voronova et al. 1987

Ethmophyllidae is a prehistoric family of sponges in the superfamily Ethmophylloidea. It was described in 1937 with type genus Ethmophyllum. Ethmophyllidae is known from Cambrian Series 2, and has been found across North America and Russia.[1]

References

  1. ^ a b Ethmophyllidae in the Paleobiology Database


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