Cribrospongia
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| Cribrospongia clathrata at Teylers Museum, Haarlem | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Porifera |
| Class: | Hexactinellida |
| Order: | Sceptrulophora |
| Family: | Cribrospongiidae |
| Genus: | †Cribrospongia d'Orbigny, 1849 |
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Cribrospongia is an extinct genus of prehistoric sponges in the family Cribrospongiidae. The species C. elegans is from the Jurassic period and has been found in Germany.
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References[edit]
- Cours élémentaire de paléontologie et de géologie stratigraphiques. A d'Orbigny, 1849
- Note sur les polypiers fossiles. A d'Orbigny, 1849
External links[edit]
- "Cribrospongia" at the Encyclopedia of Life
- "Cribrospongia". Fossilworks. Gateway to the Paleobiology Database.
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