Choia xiaolantianensis

小滥田斗篷海绵

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分类学

门: 多孔动物门

纲: 普通海绵纲

目:单轴海绵目

科: 斗篷海绵科

属:斗篷海绵属

种: 小滥田斗篷海绵

描述: 

       这是澄江生物群中比较常见的海绵。它通常以小的、形状迷人的印痕化石出现。海绵体外形呈现矮锥斗篷状,个体较小,成体的盘体直径约为2cm左右。盘体由辐射状排列的单轴针组成,骨针有粗细两种,细小骨针为盘体的主体,较粗的骨针向盘外呈辐射状延伸,且在盘外延伸长度不一,有些骨针延伸长度比盘体直径还要长。


Taxonomy

Phylum: Porifera Grant,1836

Class: Demospongea Sollas,1875

Order:  Monaxonida Sollas,1883

Family: Choiidae Delaubenfels,1955

Genus: Choia Walcott,1920

Specie: Choia xiaolantianensis Hou, Berdstrom, Wang, Feng&Chen, 1999

Description: It typically occurs as small, attractively shaped impression fossils.The body has a low, conical‐shaped central disk up to 2 cm in diameter, composed of short, thin monaxon (single axis) spicules that combine to give a thatch‐like appearance. Radiating from the disk there is a plethora of slender and discrete monaxon spicules, some of which are longer than the diameter of the disk itself.


年龄和产地

年龄:寒武纪第二世第三阶

主要产地: 澄江生物群(云南澄江)


Age & Localities

Age:Cambrian Series2,Stage3

Principal localities: Chengjiang biota (Yu’anshan Member of the Chiungchussu Formation),eastern Yunan Province,China


Reference:

Hou X G, David J S, Derek J S, et al. 2017. The Cambrian Fossils of Chengjiang, China. The flowering of early animal life, Second Edition [M]. Wiley Blackwell: 1-316.


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