Ethmophyllidae

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Ethmophyllidae
Temporal range: Cambrian Series 2
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Porifera
Order: Ajacicyathida
Superfamily: Ethmophylloidea
Family: Ethmophyllidae
Okulitch 1937
Type genus
Ethmophyllum
Meek 1868
Genera [1]

Ethmophyllidae is a prehistoric family of sponges in the superfamily Ethmophylloidea. It was described in 1937 with type genus Ethmophyllum . Ethmophyllidae is known from Cambrian Series 2, and has been found across North America and Russia. [1]

References

  1. 1 2 Ethmophyllidae in the Paleobiology Database