Petaloptyon
| Petaloptyon Temporal range:
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Porifera |
| Informal group: | †"Heteractinida" |
| Family: | †Eiffeliidae |
| Genus: | †Petaloptyon Raymond, 1931 |
| Species: | †P. danei
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| Binomial name | |
| †Petaloptyon danei Raymond, 1931
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Canistrumella alternata Rigby, 1986 | |
Petaloptyon danei is a goblet-shaped calcareous sponge known from rare fragments from the Middle Cambrian Burgess Shale. Template:Gpb abundance
The fragments show the living animal had a stalk, and had panels with a lattice pattern.
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