Falospongia
| Falospongia Temporal range: Burgess Shale | |
|---|---|
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | "Porifera" |
| Class: | Demospongiae |
| Order: | Monaxonida |
| Family: | Hazeliidae |
| Genus: | Falospongia Rigby, 1986 |
| Species | |
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 Canadiana (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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