Falospongia

Falospongia; Temporal range: Burgess Shale 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:	†Hazeliidae
Genus:	†Falospongia; Rigby, 1986
Species
	F. falata Rigby 1986 (type) ; F. ramosa Rigby & Collins 2004 ;

Falospongia is a genus of sponge made up of radiating fronds, known from the Middle Cambrian Burgess Shale. It superficially resembles Haplistion but is monaxial.^[2] Template:Gpb abundance

External links

^ Rigby, J. K. (1986). "Sponges of the Burgess shale (Middle Cambrian), British Columbia". Palaeontographica Canadiana (2).
^ ^a ^b Rigby, J. K.; Collins, D. (2004). "Sponges of the Middle Cambrian Burgess Shale and Stephen Formations, British Columbia". ROM contributions in science. 1. ISBN 0-88854-443-X. ISSN 1710-7768.

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