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not to be confused with Piranha

Pirania
Temporal range: Burgess Shale–Middle Ordovician[1]
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Pirania

Pirania is a genus of sponge known from the Middle Cambrian Burgess Shale and the Ordovician Fezouata formation.[2] Template:Gpb abundance

References

  1. ^ 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.
  2. ^ Van Roy, P.; Orr, P. J.; Botting, J. P.; Muir, L. A.; Vinther, J.; Lefebvre, B.; Hariri, K. E.; Briggs, D. E. G. (2010). "Ordovician faunas of Burgess Shale type". Nature. 465 (7295): 215–8. Bibcode:2010Natur.465..215V. doi:10.1038/nature09038. PMID 20463737.