Biology:Guadalupia
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Short description: Extinct genus of sponges
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Porifera |
| Class: | Demospongiae |
| Order: | Agelasida |
| Family: | †Guadalupiidae |
| Genus: | †Guadalupia Girty, 1908 |
Guadalupia is an extinct genus of sea sponges. It includes a number of extinct species including: Guadalupia auricula, G. cupulosa, G. ramescens, G. microcamera, and G. vasa.[1]
Fossils of Guadalupia zitteliana Girty, 1908a and Guadalupia explanata (King, 1943) have been found in the Upper Permian limestone near the Carlsbad Caverns in New Mexico.[2]
References
- ↑ The Sponge Family Guadalupiidae in the Texas Permian Robert M. Finks.
- ↑ Rigby, J. K.; Senowbari-Daryan, B.; Liu, H. (1998). "Sponges of the Permian Upper Capitan Limestone Guadalupe Mountains, New Mexico and Texas". Brigham Young University Geology Studies 43: 19–89. ISSN 0068-1016. https://pubs.er.usgs.gov/publication/70020329.
Wikidata ☰ Q5613264 entry
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