Halichondrites
| Halichondrites Temporal range: Sirius Passet–Burgess Shale[1] | |
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| Fossil detail of a Halichondrites elissa, on display at the Naturhistorisches Museum, Vienna. | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Porifera |
| Genus: | Halichondrites Rigby, 1986 |
| Species: | H. elissa |
Halichondrites elissa (sometimes mis-spelt Halicondrites[2]) is a monospecific genus of sponge known from the Middle Cambrian Burgess Shale. 7 specimens of Halichondrites are known from the Greater Phyllopod bed, where they comprise < 0.1% of the community.[3]
External links
- "Halichondrites elissa". 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.
- ↑ http://museumu03.museumwww.naturkundemuseum-berlin.de/cgi-bin/bridge.pl?action=basicTaxonInfo&taxon_no=2925&is_real_user=1
- ↑ 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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