Ethmophyllidae

Ethmophyllidae
Temporal range: Cambrian Series 2
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Porifera
Order: †Ajacicyathida
Superfamily: †Ethmophylloidea
Family: †Ethmophyllidae
Okulitch 1937
Type genus
Ethmophyllum
Meek 1868
Genera

Ethmophyllidae is a prehistoric family of sponges in the superfamily Ethmophylloidea. It was described in 1937 with type genus Ethmophyllum. Ethmophyllidae is known from Cambrian Series 2, and has been found across North America and Russia.

References

  1. 1 2 Ethmophyllidae in the Paleobiology Database