Pirania
- not to be confused with Piranha
| Pirania Temporal range: Burgess Shale–Middle Ordovician[1] | |
|---|---|
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Porifera |
| Genus: | Pirania |
Pirania is a genus of sponge known from the Middle Cambrian Burgess Shale and the Ordovician Fezouata formation.[2] 198 specimens of Pirania are known from the Greater Phyllopod bed, where they comprise 0.38% of the community.[3]
External links
- "Pirania muricata". 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.
- ↑ Van Roy, P.; Orr, P. J.; Botting, J. P.; Muir, L. A.; Vinther, J.; Lefebvre, B.; Hariri, K. E.; Briggs, D. E. G. (2010). "Ordovician faunas of Burgess Shale type". Nature 465 (7295): 215–8. Bibcode:2010Natur.465..215V. doi:10.1038/nature09038. PMID 20463737.
- ↑ 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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