Burgess Shale sponge

Reconstruction of the sponge, Leptomitus lineatus, from the Middle Cambrian Burgess Shale of British Columbia. This is the earliest-known demosponge with a well-preserved double-walled skeleton. Specimens average 36 cm. long

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Burgess Cambrian Columbia Columbian Demosponge Extinct Extinction Fossil Fossilized Fossils Illustrated Illustration Illustrations Lineatus Painting Paintings Paleozoic Period Prehistoric Prehistory Reconstruction Reconstructions Shale Sponge Sponges

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