Calceolispongia

Calceolispongia Temporal range: Permian
Calceolispongia hindei
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Echinodermata
Class:	Crinoidea
Order:	†Cladida
Family:	†Calceolispongiidae
Genus:	†Calceolispongia
Species
C. robusta C. hindei C. spectabilis C. rubra C. multiformis C. mammeata C. cornuta C. elegans C. bifurca C. elegantula C. abundans C. digitata C. spinosa C. rotundata

Calceolispongia (literally "shoe sponge") is a diverse genus of cladid crinoids that lived along the shores of eastern Pangaea that correspond to Timor and Western Australia, today. ^[1]

When the first fossils were discovered, they were mistakenly thought to be sponges, hence the generic name. ^[2] Later, similarly shaped fossils were found, and (correctly) identified as those of a crinoid, and named "Dinocrinus." ("Terrible Lily") It was soon realized that Dinocrinus and Calceolispongia were the same, and Dinocrinus is now regarded as a junior synonym.

References

1. Teichert, Curt (1954). "A New Permian Crinoid from Western Australia". Journal of Paleontology. 28 (1): 70–75. ISSN   0022-3360. JSTOR   1300210.
2. Teichert, Curt (1949). Permian Crinoid Calceolispongia. Memoir. Vol. 34. Geological Society of America. doi:10.1130/MEM34. ISBN   978-0-8137-1034-1. ISSN   0072-1069.

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