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, 84.9–70.6 Ma
Fossil of C. lobatum
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Porifera
Class: Hexactinellida
Order: Lychniscosida
Family: Coeloptychidae
Genus: Coeloptychium
Subgenus: Lophoptychium
Pomel, 1872
Species:
C. lobatum
Binomial name
Coeloptychium lobatum
Goldfuss, 1826

References

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  1. ^ 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]
  2. ^ "Lophoptychium Pomel, 1872". www.gbif.org. Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Retrieved 2020-09-05.
  3. ^ "Fossilworks: Coeloptychium (Lophoptychium)". fossilworks.org. Fossilworks. Retrieved 2020-09-05.
  4. ^ Pomel, A. (1872). Paléontologie ou Description des animaux fossiles de la province d'Oran. Zoophytes. 5è Fascicule, Spongiaires. 1-256, pls I-XXXVI