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Falospongia

Falospongia
Temporal range: Burgess Shale
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Porifera
Class: Demospongiae
Order: Monaxonida
Family: Hazeliidae
Genus: Falospongia
Rigby, 1986
Species
  • F. falata Rigby 1986 (type)
  • F. ramosa Rigby & Collins 2004

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. 5 specimens of Falospongia are known from the Greater Phyllopod bed, where they comprise under 0.1% of the community.


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