![[ Back to EurekAlert! ]](http://www.eurekalert.org/images/back2e.gif){kind=small}
|
Contact: Iqbal Pittalwala
iqbal@ucr.edu
951-827-6050
University of California - Riverside
Caption: This is a reconstruction of how Coronacollina would have appeared in life. Coronacollina remained in place on the sea floor, and may have used its spicules as support struts. Coronacollina resembles the Cambrian fossil sponge, Choia. The three raised points on the rim are evident, with a central hollow and four spicules extending from the cone rim.
Credit: Daniel Garson for Droser lab, UC Riverside
Usage Restrictions: None
Related news release: Oldest organism with skeleton discovered in Australia
|