Lophoptychium
| Lophoptychium Temporal range: Late Cretaceous,
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| Fossil of L. lobatum | |
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| Kingdom: | Animalia
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| Phylum: | Porifera
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| Class: | Hexactinellida
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| Family: | † Roemer, 1864
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| Genus: | Goldfuss, 1826
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| Subgenus: | †Lophoptychium Pomel, 1872
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| †Lophoptychium lobatum Goldfuss, 1826 (Pomel, 1872)
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Lophoptychium is an extinct lychniscosidan hexasterophoran sea sponge which is a subgenus of Coeloptychium.[1][2][3] Its remains have been found in Santonian-Maastrichtian-aged deposits in Germany and Poland. The type species, L. lobatum, was originally named as a species of Coeloptychium in 1826 but it was moved to a separate subgenus in 1872.[4]
References[]
- ^ R. M. Finks, R. E. H. Reid, and J. K. Rigby. 2004. Porifera (Demospongea, Hexactinellida, Heteractinida, Calcarea). Treatise on Invertebrate Paleontology Part E, Revised E(3):1-872 [W. Kiessling/W. Kiessling/W. Kiessling]
- ^ "Lophoptychium Pomel, 1872". www.gbif.org. Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Retrieved 2020-09-05.
- ^ "Fossilworks: Coeloptychium (Lophoptychium)". fossilworks.org. Fossilworks. Retrieved 2020-09-05.
- ^ Pomel, A. (1872). Paléontologie ou Description des animaux fossiles de la province d'Oran. Zoophytes. 5è Fascicule, Spongiaires. 1-256, pls I-XXXVI
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