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The demosponge Leptomitus cf. L. lineatus, first occurrence from the Middle Cambrian of Spain (Murero Formation, Western Iberian Chain)

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dc.creator García-Bellido, Diego
dc.date 2007-12-03T11:55:45Z
dc.date 2007-12-03T11:55:45Z
dc.date 2003-03
dc.date.accessioned 2017-01-31T00:59:16Z
dc.date.available 2017-01-31T00:59:16Z
dc.identifier Geologica Acta 1 (1): 113-119 (2003)
dc.identifier 1695-6133
dc.identifier http://hdl.handle.net/10261/2471
dc.identifier.uri http://dspace.mediu.edu.my:8181/xmlui/handle/10261/2471
dc.description The Middle Cambrian Murero Formation in the Iberian Chain (NE Spain) has yielded a small collection of softbodied fossils (palaeoscolecid worms, onychophorans, algae), a host of fossils from organisms with mineralized skeletons such as trilobites and brachiopods, and some trace fossils. This paper deals with the description of the only specimen of the demosponge Leptomitus known so far from Spain and its association with the brachiopod Micromitra, showing a probable case of commensalism by the latter over the former. The taphonomical study indicates that there was little or no disarticulation of the sponge spicules and suggests that a rather complex series of alteration processes has occurred since these organisms were buried.
dc.description Peer reviewed
dc.language eng
dc.publisher Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas (España)
dc.publisher Universidad de Barcelona
dc.rights openAccess
dc.subject Porifera
dc.subject Burgess Shale-type biota
dc.subject Commensalism
dc.subject Taphonomy
dc.subject Caesaraugustian Stage
dc.title The demosponge Leptomitus cf. L. lineatus, first occurrence from the Middle Cambrian of Spain (Murero Formation, Western Iberian Chain)
dc.type Artículo


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