Calceolispongia
Temporal range: Permian
Calceolispongia hindei
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Echinodermata
Class:
Crinoidea
Subclass:
Camerata
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. Geological Society of America. ISBN 978-0-8137-1034-1.


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