Cupulina

Cupulina; Temporal range: Upper Cretaceous PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N
	Fossil of Cupulina elata from France
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Porifera
Class:	Demospongiae
Subclass:	Lithistida
Genus:	† Cupulina ; Courtiller, 1861

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Cupulina is an extinct genus of sea sponges belonging to the class Demospongiae.^[2]

References

↑ Courtiller, 1861 Éponges fossiles des sables du terrain crétacé supérieur des environs de Saumur. Étage sénonien de d’Orbigny. Paris, Saumur, Savy, [1874].
↑ Paleobiology Database

See also List of prehistoric sponge genera

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[1] Courtiller, 1861 Éponges fossiles des sables du terrain crétacé supérieur des environs de Saumur. Étage sénonien de d’Orbigny. Paris, Saumur, Savy, [1874].

[2] Paleobiology Database

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Cupulina Temporal range: Upper Cretaceous PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N

Fossil of Cupulina elata from France
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Porifera
Class:	Demospongiae
Subclass:	Lithistida
Genus:	† Cupulina Courtiller, 1861 ^[1]