Calceolispongia

Calceolispongia
Temporal range: Permian
Calceolispongia hindei
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Echinodermata
Class:
Crinoidea
Order:
†Cladida
Family:
†Calceolispongiidae
Genus:
†Calceolispongia

Etheridge, 1914
Species
  • C. robusta
  • C. hindei
  • C. spectabilis
  • C. rubra
  • C. multiformis
  • C. mammeata
  • C. cornuta
  • C. elegans
  • C. bifurca
  • C. elegantula
  • C. abundans
  • C. digitata
  • C. spinosa
  • C. rotundata

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.

When the first fossils were discovered, they were mistakenly thought to be sponges, hence the generic name. 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

  1. ↑ Teichert, Curt (1954). "A New Permian Crinoid from Western Australia". Journal of Paleontology. 28 (1): 70–75. ISSN 0022-3360. JSTOR 1300210.
  2. ↑ 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. {{cite book}}: ISBN / Date incompatibility (help)
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