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Eospicula
Classification
Phylum:
Trace Fossils and Problematica
Class:
Pseudo-fossils
Formal Genus Name and Reference:
Eospicula de LAUBENFELS, 1955, p. E33
Type Species:
*E. cayeuxi, M
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Synonyms
Geographic Distribution
France
Age Range
Beginning Stage in Treatise Usage:
Precam.
Beginning International Stage:
Fraction Up In Beginning Stage:
Beginning Date:
Ending Stage in Treatise Usage:
Precam.
Ending International Stage:
Fraction Up In Ending Stage:
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Description
Needles resembling spicules of calcisponges, lumpy and crooked. [Believed by CAYEUX (1895) to be sponge; certainly inorganic in origin as shown by RAUFF (1896) and SCHINDEWOLF (1956).]
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Classification
Phylum:
Trace Fossils and Problematica
Class:
Pseudo-fossils
Formal Genus Name and Reference:
Eospicula de LAUBENFELS, 1955, p. E33
Type Species:
*E. cayeuxi, M
Images
(Click to enlarge in a new window)Synonyms
Geographic Distribution
France
Age Range
Beginning Stage in Treatise Usage:
Precam.
Beginning International Stage:
Fraction Up In Beginning Stage:
Beginning Date:
Ending Stage in Treatise Usage:
Precam.
Ending International Stage:
Fraction Up In Ending Stage:
Ending Date:
Description
Needles resembling spicules of calcisponges, lumpy and crooked. [Believed by CAYEUX (1895) to be sponge; certainly inorganic in origin as shown by RAUFF (1896) and SCHINDEWOLF (1956).]