Sponges (Porifera) as living metazoan witnesses from the Neoproterozoic: biomineralization and the concept of their evolutionary success

Terra Nova

Volumn 22, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 1-11

  Wang, Xiaohong ^a   Hu, Shixue ^b   Gan, Lu ^a   Wiens, Matthias ^c   Müller, Werner E G ^c  

^a NATIONAL RESEARCH CENTER FOR GEOANALYSIS   (China)

^b Yunnan Geological Survey   (China)

^c JOHANNES GUTENBERG UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOMINERALIZATION; EVOLUTION; FOSSIL; PROTEROZOIC; SKELETON; SOFT TISSUE PRESERVATION; SPONGE;

ANIMALIA; DEMOSPONGIAE; HEXACTINELLIDA; METAZOA; PORIFERA;

EID: 73549121942     PISSN: 09544879     EISSN: 13653121     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-3121.2009.00909.x     Document Type: Review

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