Leptomitus
| Leptomitus Temporal range: Sirius passet–Mid Cambrian[1] | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | "Porifera" |
| Class: | Demospongiae |
| Order: | Monaxonida |
| Family: | Leptomitidae |
| Genus: | Leptomitus Walcott, 1886 |
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Leptomitus is a genus of demosponge known from the Middle Cambrian Burgess Shale.[2] 138 specimens of Leptomitus are known from the Greater Phyllopod bed, where they comprise 0.26% of the community.[3]
External links
- "Leptomitus lineatus". Burgess Shale Fossil Gallery. Virtual Museum of Canada. 2011.
References
- ↑ Botting, J. (2007). "‘Cambrian’ demosponges in the Ordovician of Morocco: Insights into the early evolutionary history of sponges". Geobios 40 (6): 737–748. doi:10.1016/j.geobios.2007.02.006.
- ↑ García-Bellido, D. C.; Gozalo, R.; Chirivella Martorell, J. B.; Liñán, E. (2007). "The Demosponge Genus Leptomitus and a New Species From the Middle Cambrian of Spain". Palaeontology 50 (2): 467. doi:10.1111/j.1475-4983.2007.00635.x.
- ↑ 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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