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Halichondrites

Halichondrites, sometimes mis-spelt Halicondrites is an extinct genus of sea sponge known from the Middle Cambrian Burgess Shale. 7 specimens of Halichondrites are known from the Greater Phyllopod bed, where they comprise < 0.1% of the community.

Taxonomy and species
The genus Halichondrites was erected by John William Dawson in 1889, who described the species Halichondrites confusus from the Ordovician of Quebec at Little Métis. In 1920, Charles Doolittle Walcott, considering H. confusus to be inadequately described, himself described Halichondrites elissa from the Middle Cambrian Burgess Shale, placing it as the type species of the genus. ==References==
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