Name: Raphidonema.
Meaning: Seamed one.
Grouping: Poriferan, Calcarean,
Pharentronid, Lelapiid.
Informal ID: English vase
sponge or vase 'coral'
Fossil size: 7cm/2l!, in
Reconstructed size: Variable,
height typically up to lOcm/4ln
Habitat: Sea floor.
Time span: Triassic to
Cretaceous, 250-65 million
years ago.
Main fossil sites
Throughout Europe. j
Occurrence: •••