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The recent discovery of a 750 million years old sponge-like organism, Otavia antiqua [Figs. 2.2(1–5)], a calcareous sponge with Ca-based skeleton, from the Cryogenian–Ediacaran successions of Namibia (South Africa) makes sponges the oldest living animal (Brain et al. 2012; Maloof et al. 2010) [Figs. 2.2(6, 7)].
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Jain, S. (2017). Sponges. In: Fundamentals of Invertebrate Palaeontology. Springer Geology. Springer, New Delhi. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-81-322-3658-0_2
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