This was a boring sponge which lived in the cavities it created inside the shells of other creatures. Here, the shell has dissolved away, leaving a cast of the space it occupied.
Sponge
Museum:
Lyme Regis
Period:
Upper Cretaceous
Strata:
Chalk
Fossil Type:
Other
Common Name:
Sponge
Scientific Name:
Entobia cretacea
Age:
100 million years
Where it was Found:
Lyme Regis area
Found by:
Unknown
Accession Number:
L.1998.31.6
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