EARLY CAMBRIAN SPONGES OF THE SIRIUS PASSET BIOTA, NORTH GREENLAND

• Published in: Papers in Palaeontology
• Main Authors: Botting, Joseph P., Peel, John S.
• Format: Report
• Language: English
• Published: JOHN WILEY & SONS INC 2016
• Subjects: Porifera; Sirius Passet Biota; early Cambrian; sponges; Konservat-Lagerstatte; HEXACTINELLID SPONGES; BURGESS-SHALE; WESTERN UTAH; SOUTH CHINA; HOUSE RANGE; DRUM MOUNTAINS; LAGERSTATTE; COMMUNITIES; BRACHIOPODS; ORDOVICIAN; Paleontology; Burgess; Greenland; Sirius; North Greenland; Siberia
• Online Access: http://ir.nigpas.ac.cn/handle/332004/20718; https://doi.org/10.1002/spp2.1048

The Sirius Passet Biota of the Buen Formation in North Greenland is one of the key Burgess Shale-type faunas, as it represents the only diverse early Cambrian (Stage 2, Series 3) biota from Laurentia. The sponges are one of the major components of the fauna, although they appear to be much less abun...