Calceolispongia
Extinct genus of crinoids
| Calceolispongia Temporal range: Permian | |
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| Calceolispongia hindei | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Echinodermata |
| Class: | Crinoidea |
| Subclass: | Camerata |
| Order: | †Cladida |
| Family: | †Calceolispongiidae |
| Genus: | †Calceolispongia |
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Calceolispongia (literally "shoe sponge") is a diverse genus of cladid crinoids that lived along the shores of eastern Pangaea that correspond to Timor and Western Australia, today.[1]
When the first fossils were discovered, they were mistakenly thought to be sponges, hence the generic name.[2] Later, similarly shaped fossils were found, and (correctly) identified as those of a crinoid, and named "Dinocrinus." ("Terrible Lily") It was soon realized that Dinocrinus and Calceolispongia were the same, and Dinocrinus is now regarded as a junior synonym.
References
- ^ Teichert, Curt (1954). "A New Permian Crinoid from Western Australia". Journal of Paleontology. 28 (1): 70–75. ISSN 0022-3360. JSTOR 1300210.
- ^ Teichert, Curt (1949). Permian Crinoid Calceolispongia. Memoir. Vol. 34. Geological Society of America. doi:10.1130/MEM34. ISBN 978-0-8137-1034-1. ISSN 0072-1069.
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