Biology:Fieldospongia
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Short description: Extinct genus of sponges
| Fieldospongia | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Porifera |
| Class: | Demospongiae |
| Family: | †Anthaspidellidae |
| Genus: | †Fieldospongia |
Fieldospongia is a genus of sea sponge known from the Middle Cambrian Burgess Shale. Just five specimens of Fieldospongia are known from the Greater Phyllopod bed, where they comprise less than 0.1% of the community.[1]
Described in 1920 as Tuponia bellilineata by Walcott in his monograph on sponges from the Burgess Shale, this form has now been placed within a separate genus, Fieldospongia, erected by Rigby in 1986. The only known specimen purportedly came from the Mount Whyte Formation[2]
References
- ↑ 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.
- ↑ "The Burgess Shale" (in en). Royal Ontario Museum. 2011-06-10. https://burgess-shale.rom.on.ca/en/fossil-gallery/view-species.php?id=55&ref=i.
External links
Wikidata ☰ Q5447184 entry
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