Eiffelospongia

Eiffelospongia; Temporal range: Burgess Shale PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N ↓
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Porifera
Stem group:	Hexactinellida
Informal group:	†"Heteractinida"
Family:	†Eiffeliidae
Genus:	†Eiffelospongia; Rigby & Collins, 2004
Species:	†E. hirsuta
Binomial name
	†Eiffelospongia hirsuta; Rigby & Collins, 2004

Eiffelospongia is a genus of sponge known from the Mount Stephen Trilobite Beds.[1]

References

Rigby, J. K.; Collins, D. (2004). "Sponges of the Middle Cambrian Burgess Shale and Stephen Formations, British Columbia". ROM contributions in science. 1. ISBN 0-88854-443-X. ISSN 1710-7768.

"Eiffelospongia hirsuta". Burgess Shale Fossil Gallery. Virtual Museum of Canada. 2011.

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