Three-dimensionally preserved soft tissues and calcareous hexactins in a Silurian sponge: implications for early sponge evolution

Three-dimensionally preserved soft tissues and calcareous hexactins in a Silurian sponge: implications for early sponge evolution

Sponges (Porifera), as one of the earliest-branching animal phyla, are crucial for understanding early metazoan phylogeny. Recent studies of Lower Palaeozoic sponges have revealed a variety of character states and combinations unknown in extant taxa, challenging our views of early sponge morphology....

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Main Authors: Ardianty Nadhira, Mark D. Sutton, Joseph P. Botting, Lucy A. Muir, Pierre Gueriau, Andrew King, Derek E. G. Briggs, David J. Siveter, Derek J. Siveter
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: The Royal Society 2019-07-01
Series:Royal Society Open Science
Subjects:
exceptional preservation
herefordshire lagerstätte
porifera
reticulosa
silurian
Online Access:https://royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/pdf/10.1098/rsos.190911

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