Cribrospongia

Cribrospongia is an extinct genus of prehistoric sponges in the family Cribrospongiidae. The species C. elegans is from the Jurassic period and has been found in Germany.

Cribrospongia Temporal range: 247.2–93.5 Ma PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N
Cribrospongia clathrata at Teylers Museum, Haarlem
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Porifera
Class:	Hexactinellida
Order:	Sceptrulophora
Family:	Cribrospongiidae
Genus:	†Cribrospongia d'Orbigny, 1849
Species
†Cribrospongia clathrata d'Orbigny, 1849 †Cribrospongia elegans (Schrammen, 1937), syn. Tremadictyon elegans †Cribrospongia reticulata (Goldfuss, 1826) †Tremadictyon roemeri Assmann, 1937
Synonyms
†Tremadictyon Zittel, 1877

See also

• List of prehistoric sponge genera