One phosphatized Eocyathispongia specimen preserves a millimetre-scale, multicellular, three-tube body with funnel and osculum-like openings interpreted as sponge-grade anatomy.
claim:event:eocyathispongia-single-specimenEocyathispongia single-specimen anatomy
Synchrotron and electron imaging reveal a cellular fossil with several sponge-like characters, bounded by a one-specimen attribution.
Represented range609–600 Ma
RegionsWeng’an, Guizhou, China
CladesEocyathispongia qiania · Porifera
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References
- Sponge grade body fossil with cellular resolution dating 60 Myr before the CambrianYin, Z.; Zhu, M.; Davidson, E.H.; Bottjer, D.J.; Zhao, F.; Tafforeau, P. · 2015 · DOI 10.1073/pnas.1414577112