Archaeaphorme

{{Short description|Extinct genus of sponges}}

{{Speciesbox

| fossil_range = Hirnantian

| genus = Archaeaphorme

| species = conica

| authority = Botting et. al., 2025

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Archaeaphorme is an extinct genus of rossellid that lived during the Hirnantian stage of the Late Ordovician epoch.

Distribution

Archaeaphorme conica is known from the Anji Biota of China.{{Cite journal |last1=Botting |first1=Joseph P. |last2=Janussen |first2=Dorte |last3=Dohrmann |first3=Martin |last4=Muir |first4=Lucy A. |last5=Zhang |first5=Yuandong |last6=Ma |first6=Junye |date=26 January 2025 |title=Advanced crown-group Rossellidae (Porifera: Hexactinellida) resembling extant taxa from the Hirnantian (Late Ordovician) Anji Biota |url=https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/spp2.70000 |journal=Papers in Palaeontology |language=en |volume=11 |issue=1 |doi=10.1002/spp2.70000 |bibcode=2025PPal...11E0000B |issn=2056-2799 |access-date=1 April 2025 |via=Wiley Online Library|url-access=subscription }}

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