Three-dimensionally preserved soft tissues and calcareous hexactins in a Silurian sponge: implications for early sponge evolution

Nadhira, A; Sutton, MD; Botting, JP; Muir, LA; Gueriau, P; King, A; Briggs, DEG; Siveter, DJ; Siveter, DJ

Sutton, MD (reprint author), Imperial Coll London, Dept Earth Sci & Engn, London SW7 2BP, England.

ROYAL SOCIETY OPEN SCIENCE, 2019; 6 (7):

Abstract

Sponges (Porifera), as one of the earliest-branching animal phyla, are crucial for understanding early metazoan phylogeny. Recent studies of Lower Pal......

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