''Guadalupia'' is an extinct genus of

sea 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 are o ...

s. It includes a number of extinct species including: ''Guadalupia auricula'', ''G. cupulosa'', ''G. ramescens'', ''G. microcamera'', and ''G. vasa''.The Sponge Family Guadalupiidae in the Texas Permian
Robert M. Finks. Fossils of ''Guadalupia zitteliana'' Girty, 1908a and ''Guadalupia explanata'' (King, 1943) have been found in the

Upper Permian The Permian ( ) is a geologic period and stratigraphic system which spans 47 million years, from the end of the Carboniferous Period million years ago (Mya), to the beginning of the Triassic Period 251.902 Mya. It is the sixth and last period o ...

limestone near the

Carlsbad Caverns Carlsbad Caverns National Park is a national park of the United States in the Guadalupe Mountains of southeastern New Mexico. The primary attraction of the park is the show cave Carlsbad Cavern. Visitors can hike in on their own via the natural ...

in New Mexico.

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Fossil taxa described in 1908 Agelasida Pennsylvanian genus first appearances Gzhelian genera Asselian genera Sakmarian genera Artinskian genera Kungurian genera Roadian genera Wordian genera Capitanian genera Wuchiapingian genera Changhsingian genera Induan genera Olenekian genera Anisian genera Ladinian genera Carnian genera Norian genus extinctions {{Demosponge-stub