A new vauxiid sponge from the Kaili Biota (Cambrian Stage 5), Guizhou, South China

Abstract The skeleton of a new vauxiid sponge (Order Verongida), Angulosuspongia sinensis gen. et sp. nov., described on the basis of material from calcareous mudstones of the Kaili Formation (Cambrian Stage 5), Jianhe area, Guizhou, South China, is composed of two layers of fused spicules outlining...

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Published in:Geological Magazine
Main Authors: YANG, XINGLIAN, ZHAO, YUANLONG, BABCOCK, LOREN E., PENG, JIN
Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
Language:English
Published: Cambridge University Press (CUP) 2017
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Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/s0016756816001229
https://www.cambridge.org/core/services/aop-cambridge-core/content/view/S0016756816001229