Leptomitus

Leptomitus; Temporal range: Middle Cambrian PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Porifera
Class:	Demospongiae
Order:	†Protomonaxonida
Family:	†Leptomitidae
Genus:	†Leptomitus; Walcott, 1886
Type species
	Leptomitus zitteli; Walcott, 1886
Species
	L. conicus García-Bellido et al., 2007 ; L. lineatus (Walcott, 1920) Rigby & Collins, 2004 ; L. metta Rigby, 1983 ; L. teretiusculus Chen, Hou & Lu, 1989 ; L. undulatus Rigby & Collins, 2004 ; L. zitteli Walcott, 1886 ;
Synonyms
	†Tuponia Walcott, 1920

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. Template:Gpb abundance

External links

^ Botting, J. (2007). "'Cambrian' demosponges in the Ordovician of Morocco: Insights into the early evolutionary history of sponges". Geobios. 40 (6): 737–748. 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. doi:10.1111/j.1475-4983.2007.00635.x.

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