Eocyathispongia
| Eocyathispongia Temporal range: | |
|---|---|
| E. qiania fossil | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Porifera (?) |
| Genus: | †Eocyathispongia Yin et al. 2015 |
| Species: | †E. qiania |
| Binomial name | |
| †Eocyathispongia qiania Yin et al. 2015 | |
Eocyathispongia is a genus of sponge-like organisms which lived in the Ediacaran period about 60 million years before the Cambrian. The current fossil record has found this genus in only one location, the Doushantuo Formation in Guizhou, China. It lived in the shallow parts of seas, filter feeding.