Lophoptychium is a subgenus of extinct lychniscosidan hexasterophoran sea sponge in the genus Coeloptychium.[1][2][3] It is monotypic, being represented by the single species, Coeloptychium lobatum, the remains of which have been found in Santonian-Maastrichtian-aged deposits in Germany and Poland.[4]
| Coeloptychium lobatum Temporal range: Late Cretaceous,
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| Fossil of C. lobatum | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Porifera |
| Class: | Hexactinellida |
| Order: | Lychniscosida |
| Family: | †Coeloptychidae |
| Genus: | †Coeloptychium |
| Subgenus: | †Lophoptychium Pomel, 1872 |
| Species: | †C. lobatum
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| Binomial name | |
| †Coeloptychium lobatum Goldfuss, 1826
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References edit
- ^ R. M. Finks, R. E. H. Reid, and J. K. Rigby. 2004. Porifera (Demospongea, Hexactinellida, Heteractinida, Calcarea). Treatise on Invertebrate Paleontology Part E, Revised E(3):1-872 [W. Kiessling/W. Kiessling/W. Kiessling]
- ^ "Lophoptychium Pomel, 1872". www.gbif.org. Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Retrieved 2020-09-05.
- ^ "Fossilworks: Coeloptychium (Lophoptychium)". fossilworks.org. Fossilworks. Retrieved 2020-09-05.
- ^ Pomel, A. (1872). Paléontologie ou Description des animaux fossiles de la province d'Oran. Zoophytes. 5è Fascicule, Spongiaires. 1-256, pls I-XXXVI
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