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First occurrence of an in situ Anthaspidellid sponge in a dendrolite mound (Upper Cambrian; Great Basin, USA)

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  20 May 2016

Russell S. Shapiro  and
J. Keith Rigby
Russell S. Shapiro
Affiliation:
1Department of Geology, Gustavus Adolphus College, St. Peter, Minnesota 56082,
J. Keith Rigby
Affiliation:
2Department of Geology, Brigham Young University, Provo, Utah 84602–4606,
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Abstract

Small silicified anthaspidellid sponges identified as Gallatinospongia conica Okulitch and Bell, 1955 are described for the first time from the Upper Cambrian of the Great Basin where the sponges are found in situ within dendrolitic microbial reefs. This association forms the oldest anthaspidellid-microbial reefs of Laurentia.

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Journal of Paleontology , Volume 78 , Issue 4 , July 2004 , pp. 645 - 650
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