Biology:Leptomitus
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Short description: Genus of sponges
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Porifera |
| Class: | Demospongiae |
| Order: | †Protomonaxonida |
| Family: | †Leptomitidae |
| Genus: | †Leptomitus Walcott, 1886[2] |
| Type species | |
| Leptomitus zitteli Walcott, 1886
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†Tuponia Walcott, 1920[3] | |
Leptomitus is a genus of demosponge known from the Middle Cambrian Burgess Shale.[4] Its name is derived from the Greek lept ("slender") and mitos ("thread"), referring to the overall shape of the sponge. 138 specimens of Leptomitus are known from the Greater Phyllopod bed, where they comprise 0.26% of the community.[5]
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. Bibcode: 2007Geobi..40..737B.
- ↑ Charles Doolittle Walcott (1886). Second contribution to the studies on the Cambrian faunas of North America. 30 of Geological Survey bulletin. Govt. Print. Off.. pp. 1–369. https://books.google.com/books?id=wikrAAAAYAAJ.
- ↑ Walcott, C. D. (1920). "Cambrian geology and paleontology IV:6—Middle Cambrian Spongiae". Smithsonian Miscellaneous Collections 67: 261–364. https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/29838882.
- ↑ 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. Bibcode: 2007Palgy..50..467G. https://www.researchgate.net/publication/227642648.
- ↑ 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. Bibcode: 2006Palai..21..451C.
External links
- "Leptomitus lineatus". Burgess Shale Fossil Gallery. Virtual Museum of Canada. 2011. http://burgess-shale.rom.on.ca/en/fossil-gallery/view-species.php?id=72.
Wikidata ☰ Q3830754 entry
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