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]
| Leptomitus Temporal range: [1]
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| Fossil specimen (IVPP I0251) of L. teretiusculus, Paleozoological Museum of China | |
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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References
edit- ^ Botting, J. (2007). "'Cambrian' demosponges in the Ordovician of Morocco: Insights into the early evolutionary history of sponges". Geobios. 40 (6): 737–748. Bibcode:2007Geobi..40..737B. doi:10.1016/j.geobios.2007.02.006.
- ^ Charles Doolittle Walcott (1886). Second contribution to the studies on the Cambrian faunas of North America. Vol. 30 of Geological Survey bulletin. Govt. Print. Off. pp. 1–369.
- ^ Walcott, C. D. (1920). "Cambrian geology and paleontology IV:6—Middle Cambrian Spongiae". Smithsonian Miscellaneous Collections. 67: 261–364.
- ^ 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. Bibcode:2007Palgy..50..467G. 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. Bibcode:2006Palai..21..451C. doi:10.2110/palo.2003.P05-070R. JSTOR 20173022. S2CID 53646959.
External links
edit- "Leptomitus lineatus". Burgess Shale Fossil Gallery. Virtual Museum of Canada. 2011. Archived from the original on 2020-11-12.
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