Guadalupia

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Guadalupia
Temporal range: Pennsylvanian–Norian
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Porifera
Class: Demospongiae
Order: Agelasida
Family: Guadalupiidae
Genus: Guadalupia
Girty, 1908

Guadalupia is an extinct genus of sea sponges. It includes a number of extinct species including: Guadalupia auricula, G. cupulosa, G. ramescens, G. microcamera, and G. vasa.[1]

Fossils of Guadalupia zitteliana Girty, 1908a and Guadalupia explanata (King, 1943) have been found in the Upper Permian limestone near the Carlsbad Caverns in New Mexico.[2]

References

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  1. ^ The Sponge Family Guadalupiidae in the Texas Permian Robert M. Finks.
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