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Choia
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Choia is a genus of extinct demosponge ranging from the Cambrian until the Lower Ordovician periods. Fossils of Choia have been found in the Burgess Shale in British Columbia; the Maotianshan shales of China; the Wheeler Shale in Utah; and the Lower Ordovician Fezouata formation.[2] It was first described in 1920 by Charles Doolittle Walcott.[3]
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Choia | |
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†Choia carteri | |
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Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Porifera |
Class: | Demospongiae |
Order: | †Protomonaxonida |
Family: | †Choiidae |
Genus: | †Choia Walcott, 1920 |
Type species | |
†Choia carteri Walcott, 1920 | |
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