Leptomitus

Leptomitus; Temporal range: Sirius passet - Mid Cambrian[1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Porifera
Class:	Demospongiae
Order:	Monaxonida
Family:	Leptomitidae
Genus:	Leptomitus; Walcott, 1886
Species
	L. lineatus (Walcott, 1920) Rigby & Collins, 2004 ; L. undulatus Rigby & Collins, 2004;

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

Burgess Shale species 72

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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[1] 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.

[Rigby2004-2] 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.

[Caron2006-3] 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.