# Archaeaphorme

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{{Short description|Extinct genus of sponges}}
{{Speciesbox
| fossil_range = Hirnantian
| genus = Archaeaphorme
| species = conica
| authority = Botting et. al., 2025
}}

'''''Archaeaphorme''''' is an [extinct](/source/Extinction) [genus](/source/genus) of [rossellid](/source/Rossellidae) that lived during the [Hirnantian](/source/Hirnantian) [stage](/source/Stage_(stratigraphy)) of the [Late Ordovician](/source/Late_Ordovician) [epoch](/source/Epoch_(geology)).

== Distribution ==
''Archaeaphorme conica'' is known from the Anji Biota of [China](/source/China).<ref>{{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](/source/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 }}</ref>

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Category:Fossils of China
Category:Fossil taxa described in 2025
Category:Hexactinellida
Category:Hexactinellida genera
Category:Prehistoric sponge genera

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