Archaeaphorme

Archaeaphorme; Temporal range: Hirnantian PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N ↓
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Porifera
Class:	Hexactinellida
Order:	Lyssacinosida
Family:	Rossellidae
Genus:	† Archaeaphorme
Species:	†A. conica
Binomial name
	†Archaeaphorme conica; Botting et. al., 2025

Last updated May 29, 2025

Archaeaphorme is an extinct genus of rossellid that lived during the Hirnantian stage of the Late Ordovician epoch.

Distribution

Archaeaphorme conica is known from the Anji Biota of China.^[1]

References

↑ Botting, Joseph P.; Janussen, Dorte; Dohrmann, Martin; Muir, Lucy A.; Zhang, Yuandong; Ma, Junye (26 January 2025). "Advanced crown‐group Rossellidae (Porifera: Hexactinellida) resembling extant taxa from the Hirnantian (Late Ordovician) Anji Biota" . Papers in Palaeontology . 11 (1). doi:10.1002/spp2.70000. ISSN 2056-2799 . Retrieved 1 April 2025– via Wiley Online Library.

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[1] Botting, Joseph P.; Janussen, Dorte; Dohrmann, Martin; Muir, Lucy A.; Zhang, Yuandong; Ma, Junye (26 January 2025). "Advanced crown‐group Rossellidae (Porifera: Hexactinellida) resembling extant taxa from the Hirnantian (Late Ordovician) Anji Biota" . Papers in Palaeontology . 11 (1). doi:10.1002/spp2.70000. ISSN 2056-2799 . Retrieved 1 April 2025– via Wiley Online Library.

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