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Leptomitus teretiusculus Chen et al. 1989
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Taxonomy
Demosponge
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Porifera
Class: Demospongea
Order: Protomonaxonida
Family: Leptomitidae
Genus: Leptomitus
Species: Leptomitus teretiusculus
Author Citation Chen et al. 1989
Geological Time Scale
Eon: Phanerozoic
Era: Paleozoic
Period: Cambrian
Sub Period: None
Epoch: Early
International Age: Series 2
Stratigraphy
Heilinpu-Formation
Provenance
Collector: T. Bastelberger
Date Collected: 06/01/2012
Acquired by: Field Collection
Location
Maotianshan Hill
Chengjiang County
Yunnan
China
Comments
Leptomitus teretiusculus is a moderately common, thin-walled sponge species. Specimens range up to 11cm long and about 1,2cm wide.
Literature:
J. Y. Chen, X. G. Hou, and H. Z. Lu. 1989. Lower Cambrian leptomitids (Demospongea), Chengjiang, Yunnan. Acta Palaeontologica Sinica 28(1):17-30
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