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480-Million-Year-Old Sponge Discovered in China Rewrites Reef History
SciTechDaily ^ | April 15, 2025 | Chinese Academy of Sciences

Posted on 06/22/2025 9:31:53 AM PDT by SunkenCiv

Scientists discovered a 480-million-year-old phosphatic sponge in South China, making it the oldest known stromatoporoid and extending its fossil record by 20 million years.

International scientists have discovered the oldest known phosphatic stromatoporoid sponge in South China, dating back approximately 480 million years to the Early Ordovician period.

Stromatoporoid sponges were major reef builders during the Paleozoic era, playing a foundational role in forming reef structures—much like modern corals do today. Their significance peaked from the late Middle Ordovician to the Devonian period, a time when reef ecosystems transitioned from being dominated by microbial communities to those built primarily by skeletal organisms.

Until now, stromatoporoid reefs were believed to have appeared suddenly in the late Darriwilian period (around 460 million years ago), leading to questions about their origins and early evolutionary history.

(Excerpt) Read more at scitechdaily.com ...


TOPICS: History; Science; Travel
KEYWORDS: ccp; china; darriwilian; devonian; fauxiantroll; fauxiantrolls; godsgravesglyphs; historyofreefer; ordovician; paleontology; paleozoic; phosphaticsponge; reeferhistory; sponge; stromatoporoid; youngearthdelusion; youngearthdelusions
Thin section photographs of Lophiostroma leizunia.
Credit: Chinese Academy of Sciences
Credit: Chinese Academy of Sciences

1 posted on 06/22/2025 9:31:53 AM PDT by SunkenCiv
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To: StayAt HomeMother; Ernest_at_the_Beach; 1ofmanyfree; 21twelve; 24Karet; 2ndDivisionVet; 31R1O; ...
Another one from the 'On Deck' pile.

2 posted on 06/22/2025 9:33:20 AM PDT by SunkenCiv (NeverTrumpin' -- it's not just for DNC shills anymore -- oh, wait, yeah it is.)
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To: SunkenCiv

TWEEEEEEET!

Biblical timeline violation.


3 posted on 06/22/2025 9:37:14 AM PDT by one guy in new jersey
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To: SunkenCiv

Yet, at the microscopic level, the cellular structure is identical to that of modern cells meaning...?


4 posted on 06/22/2025 9:37:54 AM PDT by fso301
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To: SunkenCiv

If you think a 480 million year old sponge is going to rewrite history, just wait until they find a 390 million year old rubber ducky.


5 posted on 06/22/2025 9:40:30 AM PDT by coloradan (They're not the mainstream media, they're the gaslight media. It's what they do. )
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To: SunkenCiv

Does the sponge wear Squarepants?


6 posted on 06/22/2025 10:02:13 AM PDT by EvilCapitalist (Pets are no substitute for children)
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To: SunkenCiv

The chicoms aren’t sponge-worthy.


7 posted on 06/22/2025 10:20:21 AM PDT by Libloather (Why do climate change hoax deniers live in mansions on the beach?)
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To: SunkenCiv
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8 posted on 06/22/2025 10:36:09 AM PDT by GaltAdonis
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To: Libloather

“Sponge” is a slang word, maybe somewhat outdated, for a human leech, someone who absorbs the money of others without offering anything in return.

You know...a democrat.


9 posted on 06/22/2025 10:56:10 AM PDT by DPMD
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To: SunkenCiv
480-million-year-old huh ?

do they really know how old it is ?

it might be 480,065, 371 years old.

pfft.

more godless commie darwinist worshiping secular humanist guesses pulled directly from their penumbra's.

10 posted on 06/22/2025 11:24:37 AM PDT by cuz1961
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To: SunkenCiv

I don’t think there were men back then, let alone sponge-worthy men.


11 posted on 06/22/2025 11:25:14 AM PDT by 9YearLurker
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To: SunkenCiv

I found one of those in a gas station restroom once..............


12 posted on 06/23/2025 5:57:39 AM PDT by Red Badger (Homeless veterans camp in the streets while illegals are put up in 5 Star hotels....................)
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