Guadalupia

Guadalupia; Temporal range: Pennsylvanian–Norian PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Porifera
Class:	Demospongiae
Order:	Agelasida
Family:	†Guadalupiidae
Genus:	†Guadalupia; Girty, 1908

Guadalupia is an extinct genus of sea sponges. It includes a number of extinct species including: Guadalupia auricula, G. cupulosa, G. ramescens, G. microcamera, and G. vasa.[1]

Fossils of Guadalupia zitteliana Girty, 1908a and Guadalupia explanata (King, 1943) have been found in the Upper Permian limestone near the Carlsbad Caverns in New Mexico.[2]

References

The Sponge Family Guadalupiidae in the Texas Permian Robert M. Finks.
Rigby, J. K.; Senowbari-Daryan, B.; Liu, H. (1998). "Sponges of the Permian Upper Capitan Limestone Guadalupe Mountains, New Mexico and Texas". Brigham Young University Geology Studies. 43: 19–89. ISSN 0068-1016.

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[Finks,_2010-1] The Sponge Family Guadalupiidae in the Texas Permian Robert M. Finks.

[2] Rigby, J. K.; Senowbari-Daryan, B.; Liu, H. (1998). "Sponges of the Permian Upper Capitan Limestone Guadalupe Mountains, New Mexico and Texas". Brigham Young University Geology Studies. 43: 19–89. ISSN 0068-1016.