Articulated sponges from the Lower Cambrian Hetang Formation in southern Anhui, South China: their age and implications for the early evolution of sponges

S. Xiao, J. Hu, X. Yuan, R. L. Parsley, and R. Cao

2005

Article

Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology 220:89-117

Find it at:

http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.palaeo.2002.02.001

Taxa discussed in this work:

• Choia striata
• Lantianospongia
• Lantianospongia palifera
• Protospongia gracilis
• Sanshapentella
• Sanshapentella dapingi
• Solactiniella
• Solactiniella plumata

Taxonomy:

• Protospongia conica belongs to Protospongia - Rigby and Harris (1979)
• Sanshapentella dapingi belongs to Sanshapentella - Mehl and Erdtmann (1994)
• Choia striata belongs to Choia - Xiao et al. (2005)
• Protospongia gracilis belongs to Protospongia - Xiao et al. (2005)
• Triticispongia diagonata belongs to Triticispongia - Xiao et al. (2005)
• Lantianospongia belongs to Hintzespongiidae - Xiao et al. (2005)
• Lantianospongia palifera belongs to Lantianospongia - Xiao et al. (2005)
• Hyalosinica archaica belongs to Hyalosinica - Xiao et al. (2005)
• Solactiniella plumata belongs to Solactiniella - Xiao et al. (2005)