// Workers AI · dad joke modeWhat did the archaeaphorme say? I'm a little fossil-ized.
| Archaeaphorme Temporal range: | |
|---|---|
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Porifera |
| Class: | Hexactinellida |
| Order: | Lyssacinosida |
| Family: | Rossellidae |
| Genus: | †Archaeaphorme |
| Species: | †A. conica |
| Binomial name | |
| †Archaeaphorme conica Botting et. al., 2025 | |
Archaeaphorme is an extinct genus of rossellid that lived during the Hirnantian stage of the Late Ordovician epoch.
Distribution
[edit]Archaeaphorme conica is known from the Anji Biota of China.[1]
References
[edit]- ↑ Botting, Joseph P.; Janussen, Dorte; Dohrmann, Martin; Muir, Lucy A.; Zhang, Yuandong; Ma, Junye (26 January 2025). "Advanced crown-group Rossellidae (Porifera: Hexactinellida) resembling extant taxa from the Hirnantian (Late Ordovician) Anji Biota". Papers in Palaeontology. 11 (1). Bibcode:2025PPal...11E0000B. doi:10.1002/spp2.70000. ISSN 2056-2799. Retrieved 1 April 2025 – via Wiley Online Library.
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