Cupulospongia

Cupulospongia; Temporal range: Senonian PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N
	Cupulospongia patella, picture at Teylers Museum, Haarlem
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Porifera
Class:	Demospongiae
Order:	Tetractinellida
Family:	incertae sedis
Genus:	†Cupulospongia; d'Orbigny, 1849
Species
	Several, including: †Cupulospongia acetabulum (Goldfuss); †Cupulospongia aptiensis d'Orbigny, 1850; †Cupulospongia boletiformis d'Orbigny; †Cupulospongia compressa d'Orbigny, 1850; †Cupulospongia consobrina d'Orbigny, 1850; †Cupulospongia elegans (d'Orbigny, 1849); †Cupulospongia patella; †Cupulospongia rimosa Roemer, 1864; †Cupulospongia tenuis Roemer, 1864;

Cupulospongia is an extinct genus of sponges from the Cretaceous of France.

C. elegans is vase shaped with a stout stalk. It is known from the sponge beds at Barrou, France.

The taxonomic position of the genus is unclear. Cupulospongia rimosa Roemer, 1864 is classified in Theonellidae while Cupulospongia tenuis Roemer, 1864 is in Azoricidae, both Demospongiae in the order Tetractinellida.

References

^ d'Orbigny, 1849, Rev. Mag. Zool., (2) 1
^ Note sur les polypiers fossiles. A d'Orbigny, 1849

Éponges fossiles des sables du terrain crétacé supérieur des environs de Saumur: étage senonien de d'Orbigny. A Courtiller - 1861

External links

Cupulospongia at Musée National d'Histoire Naturelle, Paris

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[1] 'Orbigny, 1849, Rev. Mag. Zool., (2) 1

[2] Note sur les polypiers fossiles. A d'Orbigny, 1849

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