Coeloptychium Temporal range:
Cretaceous,
| |
---|---|
Fossil of Coeloptychium agaricoides from the Campanian of Misburg, Lower Saxony | |
Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | |
Phylum: | |
Class: | |
Subclass: | |
Order: | |
Family: | Roemer, 1864
|
Genus: |
†Coeloptychium Goldfuss, 1826
|
Subgenera | |
|
Coeloptychium is an extinct genus of lychniscosidan hexasterophoran sea sponge which has often been used as an index fossil. [1] Its remains have been found in Cretaceous sediments in Germany, Belgium, France and the UK. [2] Coeloptyhcium is best preserved in Campanian sediments in Germany. The type species, C. agaricoides, was named in 1826.
Coeloptychium Temporal range:
Cretaceous,
| |
---|---|
Fossil of Coeloptychium agaricoides from the Campanian of Misburg, Lower Saxony | |
Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | |
Phylum: | |
Class: | |
Subclass: | |
Order: | |
Family: | Roemer, 1864
|
Genus: |
†Coeloptychium Goldfuss, 1826
|
Subgenera | |
|
Coeloptychium is an extinct genus of lychniscosidan hexasterophoran sea sponge which has often been used as an index fossil. [1] Its remains have been found in Cretaceous sediments in Germany, Belgium, France and the UK. [2] Coeloptyhcium is best preserved in Campanian sediments in Germany. The type species, C. agaricoides, was named in 1826.