Eospongiidae
Classification
Phylum: Porifera
Class: Demospongia
Order: Lithistida
Family: Eospongiidae de Laubenfels, 1955
Cincinnatian Genera: Heterospongia
Geologic Range
Cambrian – Silurian
Common Paleoecology
Eospongiidae is an extinct family of stationary epifaunal suspension feeders
Description of the Family
- Very unsymmetrical desmas
- Poorly preserved
- Resemble anomocladine genera
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Treatise on Invertebrate Paleontology, Part E (1955):
Treatise on Invertebrate Paleontology, Part E (1955):
- Lithistids with very unsymmetrical desmas, generally resembling anomocladine forms but difficult to classify; mostly preserved poorly.
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Heterospongia
