Texas Pennsylvanian Fossils

Sponges

Scroll through images or click to enlarge.  Fossils are in alphabetical order by Genus.

Collections are from Mike DeBrock (MD), Josh Hanley (JH), Dr. Peter Holterhoff (PH), Mark McKinzie (MM),  John McLeod (JM), ), Dr. Ben Neuman (BN), Bob Williams (BW), Sveta Earnest (SE), and Rodney Wise (RW).  

All scales are shown in millimeters unless otherwise noted.

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Taxonomy/Stratigraphy/
Location/Collection

Images

Taxonomy/Stratigraphy/
Location/Collection

Kingdom: Animalia

Phylum: Porifera

Class: Demospongiae

Order: Tetractinomorpha

Family: ?

Genus: Belemnospongia

Species: sp

Finis Shale, Graham Formation

Lost Creek Dam, Jacksboro, TX

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Kingdom: Animalia

Phylum: Porifera

Class: Demospongiae

Order: Agelasida

Family: Fissispongiidae

Genus: Fissispongia

Species: jacksboroensis

Finis Shale, Graham Formation

Lost Creek Dam, Jacksboro, TX

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Kingdom: Animalia

Phylum: Porifera

Class: Demospongiae

Order: Agelasida

Family: Fissispongiidae

Genus: Fissispongia 

Species: spinosa

Finis Shale, Graham Formation

Lost Creek Dam, Jacksboro, TX

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Kingdom: Animalia

Phylum: Porifera

Class: Demospongiae

Order: Epipolasida

Family: Heliospongiidae

Genus: Heliospongia 

Species: excavata

Finis Shale, Graham Formation

Lost Creek Dam, Jacksboro, TX

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Kingdom: Animalia

Phylum: Porifera

Class: Demospongiae

Subclass: Tetractinomorpha

Order: ?

Family: ?

Genus: Incrustospongia 

Species: meandrica

Finis Shale, Graham Formation

Lost Creek Dam, Jacksboro, TX

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Kingdom: Animalia

Phylum: Porifera

Class: Demospongiae

Order: Agelasida

Family: Maeandrostildae

Genus: Maeandrostia

Species: kansasensis

Finis Shale, Graham Formation

Lost Creek Dam, Jacksboro, TX

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