Guadalupia Explained

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]

Notes and References

1. http://jpaleontol.geoscienceworld.org/cgi/content/abstract/84/5/821 The Sponge Family Guadalupiidae in the Texas Permian
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 . 0068-1016 . 19 - 89 .