New fossil freshwater sponges are recorded from the Upper Cretaceous (Maastrichtian) intertrappean lacustrine sediments of Malwa Group associated with Deccan volcanic province in Central India. The micro-palaeontological analysis of diagnostic spicular morphotraits supports the ascription of these fossils to the order Spongillida. The description of new genus Palaeocorvospongilla (family Palaeospongillidae) is based on the entire spicular complement of Palaeocorvospongilla cretacea gen. et sp. nov. It is distinguished from other extant and fossil Spongillida by pseudobirotules and oxeas with morphometries, indicating a very large size of skeletal microscleres from Deccan intertrappean fossils. From an evolutionary point of view, data on Indian fossils indicate a clear trend of long term conservative morphology in the evolutionary history of this genus since the Upper Cretaceous. Fossil data also indicate an early splitting (Mesozoic) and spreading of freshwater sponges Spongillida taxa in the Asian continent.

从与印度中部德干火山省相关的 Malwa Group 的上白垩统（马斯特里赫特）湖相沉积物中记录了新的化石淡水海绵。诊断性针状形态特征的微观古生物学分析支持将这些化石归于 Spongillida 目。新属Palaeocorvospongilla（Palaeospongillidae科）的描述是基于Palaeocorvospongilla cretacea的整个针状补体将军 等 sp. 十一月 它与其他现存的和化石 Spongillida 的区别在于具有形态测量学的假双头节和 oxeas，这表明来自德干 intertrappean 化石的骨骼微巩膜的尺寸非常大。从进化的角度来看，印度化石的数据表明，自上白垩世以来，该属的进化历史中存在明显的长期保守形态趋势。化石数据还表明亚洲大陆的淡水海绵 Spongillida 分类群的早期分裂（中生代）和传播。