Eiffeliidae is an
extinct
Extinction is the termination of an organism by the death of its Endling, last member. A taxon may become Functional extinction, functionally extinct before the death of its last member if it loses the capacity to Reproduction, reproduce and ...
family of
sponge
Sponges or sea sponges are primarily marine invertebrates of the animal phylum Porifera (; meaning 'pore bearer'), a basal clade and a sister taxon of the diploblasts. They are sessile filter feeders that are bound to the seabed, and a ...
s.
Genera
The following genera are placed in the family:
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Astraeoconus''
Rietschel, 1968
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Chilcaia''
Carrera, 1994
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Eiffelia
''Eiffelia'' is an extinct genus of sponges known from the Middle Cambrian Burgess Shale as well as several Early Cambrian small shelly fossil deposits. It is named after Eiffel Peak, which was itself named after the Eiffel Tower. It was first d ...
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Walcott, 1920 (synonyms: ''Lenastella''
Missarzhevsky ''in'' Missarzhevsky & Mambetov, 1981; ''Actinoites''
Duan, 1984; ''Niphadus''
Duan, 1984)
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Eiffelospongia
''Eiffelospongia'' is a genus of sponge known from the Mount Stephen Trilobite Beds
The Mount Stephen trilobite beds (UNSM locality 14s) are a series of fossil strata on Mount Stephen, British Columbia that contain exceptionally preserved fossil ...
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Rigby & Collins, 2004
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Gondekia''
Rigby, 1991
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Petaloptyon
''Petaloptyon danei'' is a goblet-shaped hexactinellid sponge known from rare fragments from the Middle Cambrian Burgess Shale. A few specimens of ''Petaloptyon'' are known from the Greater Phyllopod bed
The Phyllopod bed, designated by USNM ...
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Raymond, 1931 (synonyms: ''Canistrumella''
Rigby, 1986)
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Toquimiella''
Rigby, 1967
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Zangerlispongia''
Rigby & Nitecki, 1975
References
Prehistoric sponge families
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