Biology:Raphidonema (sponge)

Short description: Extinct genus of sponges

Raphidonema Temporal range: Cretaceous–Eocene PreЄ Є O S D C P T J K Pg N
Raphidonema sp. from England.
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Porifera
Class:	Calcarea
Order:	†Stellispongiida
Family:	†Endostomatidae
Genus:	†Raphidonema Hinde, 1883

Raphidonema is an extinct genus of calcareous sponges.

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

Wikidata ☰ Q2093121 entry