Raphidonema is an extinct genus of calcareous sponges.[1]

Raphidonema
Temporal range: Cretaceous–Eocene
Raphidonema sp. from England.
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Porifera
Class: Calcarea
Order: Stellispongiida
Family: Endostomatidae
Genus: Raphidonema
Hinde, 1883

Fossil records

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This genus is known in the fossil records from the Cretaceous period of France and United Kingdom to the Eocene of India (age range: from 136.4 to 37.2 million years ago).[2]

Species

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  • Raphidonema farringdonense Sharpe

References

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