Calceolispongia

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.

Calceolispongia
Temporal range: Permian
C. hindei
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Phylum:
Class:
Subclass:
Camerata
Order:
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

When the first fossils were discovered, they were mistakenly thought to be sponges, hence the generic name. 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.

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