Protospongia is a genus of Porifera known from the Middle Cambrian Burgess Shale. 102 specimens of Protospongia are known from the Greater Phyllopod bed, where they comprise 0.19% of the community.[3]
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Protospongia is a genus of Porifera known from the Middle Cambrian Burgess Shale. 102 specimens of Protospongia are known from the Greater Phyllopod bed...
This creature was a glass sponge that had long, prismatic branches. Protospongia Hexactinellida 102 specimens A genus of hexactinellid sponge. Many other...
Dongkengkou Group contains metamorphosed calcareous sandstone. It contains Protospongia fossils. Beds are up to 1 km thick. The Weifang Group contains dark phyllite...
unidentified comparable form †Protopresbynileus wildeni †Protospongia †Protospongia conica †Protospongia spina – type locality for species †Prototreta †Protowentzelella...
locality for species †Protopliomerella †Protopliomerella contracta †Protospongia †Prozacanthoides †Prozacanthoides aequus – type locality for species...