Falospongia

Falospongia Temporal range: Burgess Shale PreЄ Є O S D C P T J K Pg N ↓
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	"Porifera"
Class:	Demospongiae
Order:	Monaxonida
Family:	Hazeliidae
Genus:	Falospongia Rigby, 1986
Species
F. falata Rigby 1986^[1] (type) F. ramosa Rigby & Collins 2004^[2]

Falospongia is a genus of sponge made up of radiating fronds, known from the Middle Cambrian Burgess Shale. It superficially resembles Haplistion but is monaxial.^[2] 5 specimens of Falospongia are known from the Greater Phyllopod bed, where they comprise under 0.1% of the community.^[3]

External links

"Falospongia falata". Burgess Shale Fossil Gallery. Virtual Museum of Canada. 2011.

References

↑ Rigby, J. K. (1986). "Sponges of the Burgess shale (Middle Cambrian), British Columbia". Palaeontographica Canadia (2).
1 2 Rigby, J. K.; Collins, D. (2004). "Sponges of the Middle Cambrian Burgess Shale and Stephen Formations, British Columbia". ROM contributions in science 1. ISBN 0-88854-443-X. ISSN 1710-7768.
↑ Caron, Jean-Bernard; Jackson, Donald A. (October 2006). "Taphonomy of the Greater Phyllopod Bed community, Burgess Shale". PALAIOS 21 (5): 451–65. doi:10.2110/palo.2003.P05-070R. JSTOR 20173022.

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