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Demosponge sp.
Vendor: Gold Bugs
SKU Number: SQ8678074
Demosponge sp. sponge, Middle Cambrian, Marjum Shale, Millards County, Utah.
Sponge “skeletons” are made of spicules consisting of fibers of a protein similar to collagen, and sometimes silica. Where spicules of silica are present, they have a different shape from those in the otherwise similar glass sponges.
Demosponges (Demospongiae) are the most diverse class in the phylum Porifera.
The positive and the negative pieces are included.
Full dimensions are listed below.
Vendor: Gold Bugs
SKU Number: SQ8678074
Demosponge sp. sponge, Middle Cambrian, Marjum Shale, Millards County, Utah.
Sponge “skeletons” are made of spicules consisting of fibers of a protein similar to collagen, and sometimes silica. Where spicules of silica are present, they have a different shape from those in the otherwise similar glass sponges.
Demosponges (Demospongiae) are the most diverse class in the phylum Porifera.
The positive and the negative pieces are included.
Full dimensions are listed below.
Additional Information
Sponges are believed to be some of the earliest animals alive today, sponges were possibly the first to branch off the evolutionary tree from the last common ancestor of all animals, which would make them the sister group of all other animals.
References:
References Wikipedia: Demosponge
References Wikipedia: Charles Doolittle Walcott
References Wikipedia: Marjum Formation
Vendor: FS-JS
SKU Number: SQ0372157
Glossopleura packi from the Middle Cambrian, Spence Shale, Wellsvilles Mtns, Box Elder Co., Utah.
A nice rare trilobite at a reasonable price.
Full dimensions are listed below.
Vendor: FS-JS
SKU Number: SQ4125048
Amecephalus sp., from the Middle Cambrian, Spence Shale, Wellsvilles Mtns, Box Elder Co., Utah.
A very large rare and complete trilobite.
Full dimensions are listed below.
Vendor: FS-JS
SKU Number: SQ1164807
Kootenia spencei from the Middle Cambrian, Spence Shale, Wellsville Mtns, Box Elder Co., Utah.
A very rare and complete trilobite with free standing Occipital, thoracic spines.
Full dimensions are listed below.
Vendor: FS-JS
SKU Number: SQ1863833
Perenopsis brighamensis, from the Middle Cambrian, Spence Shale, Wellsville Mtns, Box Elder Co., Utah.
A nice little trilobite.
Full dimensions are listed below.
Vendor: FS-JS
SKU Number: SQ7426041
Amecephalus sp., from the Middle Cambrian, Spence Shale, Wellsvilles Mtns, Box Elder Co., Utah.
A very rare and complete trilobite.
Full dimensions are listed below.
Vendor: FS-JS
SKU Number: SQ2503766
Armilimax pauljamisoni from the Middle Cambrian, Spence Shale, Wellsville Mtns, Box Elder Co., Utah.
Armilimax pauljamisoni is the first shell-bearing animal of its kind from the Great Basin and extends the diversity of body plans in the Spence Shale Fossil-Lagerstätte.
The morphology of Armilimax is ambiguous; it bears a seemingly U-shaped gut and, at the opposite end of its body, a shell without an apex. It has been tentatively interpreted as resembling Halkieria, but it does not contain sclerites. It is the first of its kind in the Great Basin. Only one species is known: Armilimax pauljamisoni.
Also on the piece of shale are Acrothele subsidua and Micromitra modesta, which are two genus of brachiopods. Thee are also impressions of Rusophycus, an ichnogenus of trace fossil.
Full dimensions are listed below.
Vendor: FS-JS
SKU Number: SQ8715284
Giant Sponge from the Middle Cambrian, Spence Shale, Wellsvilles Mtns, Box Elder Co., Utah.
This is by far one of the largest sponges from the Cambrian we have seen. The detail is amazing.
Full dimensions are listed below.
Vendor: FS-JS
SKU Number: SQ4811601
Haplophrentis reesei from the Middle Cambrian, Spence Shale, Wellsvilles Mtns, Box Elder Co., Utah.
A beautiful and large Haplophrentis reesei. Recent studies have suggested affinities to hyoliths, a group of extinct cone-shaped animals with a distinctive operculum covering the opening.
This specimen is in association with a Bythicheilus typicum trilobite - this specimen is ventrally repserved.
Full dimensions are listed below.
Vendor: FS-JS
SKU Number: SQ3310344
Eldonia ludwigi and a Zacanthoides serratus from the Middle Cambrian, Spence Shale, Wellsvilles Mtns., Box Elder Co., Utah.
Eldonia ludwigi is an enigmatic, disc-shaped fossil organism primarily known from the Middle Cambrian Burgess Shale of British Columbia. Its soft-bodied nature and unusual morphology, featuring a radiating pattern and a coiled gut, have made its classification challenging for paleontologists.
Full dimensions are listed below.
Vendor: FS-JS
SKU Number: SQ5615228
Amecephalus laticaudum from the Middle Cambrian, Spence Shale, Wellsvilles Mtns, Box Elder Co., Utah.
A very rare and complete trilobite.
Full dimensions are listed below.