Porifera (Sponges)- Morphology, Classification, & Evolution- Invertebrate Paleontology | GEO GIRL

[@deborahkaelin6636]

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[@GEOGIRL]

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[@GEOGIRL]

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[@RT710.]

Suddenly I understand what dream-Gary said to SpongeBob in SpongeBob’s dream when he said “Beware of your wandering eye you little *poriferan!* ” I always thought he was saying some word synonymous with ‘scoundrel’ or something, when he was actually referring to SpongeBob’s taxonomic classification 😂

[@GEOGIRL]

OMG! I don't remember that line, but I love it! Those writers were sneaky putting in that scientific terminology 😂👏

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Thanks!

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Excellent presentation, much appreciated!

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Hope u will cover whole invertebrate paleontology. Best of luck with ur channel

[@annembury3181]

I was happy to stumble on your site because I think it's the best I've seen! You finally helped me identify some or many of the many marine fossils I find daily in the desert southwest where I live and where they are incredibly well preserved. Since I am a lay person, sort of a citizen scientist. I have some extremely unusual, possibly glass sponge fossils the likes of which I have never seen on any paleontological site. May I send you photos? if anyone could identify them it would be you. I have taken them to a rock shop co-owned by the guy who discovered a new fossil dinosaur named Sonorasauris (or something like that) and to a so called expert at Tucson Gem and Mineral Show, and no one knew what they were. My curiosity skilling me!

[@GEOGIRL]

Thanks so much for the comment and kind words! ;) Oh well I don't know if I could identify them down to the genus or species, but I am sure I could at least confirm sponge or not sponge haha ;) My email is listed in the about tab of my channel page, send them over ;D

[@annembury3181]

@@GEOGIRL I am not on twitter or instagram or others, but this is extremely important and I would appreciate you being able to receive very important photos of fossils that are destroyed daily in the name of “necessary housing”.. The fossils are priceless and I can in all confidence name this area “The Painted Desert of Marine Fossils”, believe me. Can you send me an email address please. Time is not our friend. Thank you.

[@GEOGIRL]

@@annembury3181 Yes, my email is listed in the about tab of my channel page, just go to this link: kzbin.infoabout and press view email address. Sorry, I am just hesitant to put it directly in the comments ;) Thanks!

[@carllewis166]

your awsome. shared your coral video to my fossil group 1.9 k followers thank you

[@GEOGIRL]

Oh wow! Thanks so much! I am so glad you enjoy this paleo playlist, I hope your group likes it as well. What platform is your fossil group on? KZbin, instagram? I'd love to check it out ;D

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@@GEOGIRL it’s helping teach my follower on my two Facebook fossil groups. I hunt Paleozoic fossils in Illinois.

[@EvidentialValue]

Great video! Just wish there were captions along with it.

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Looking forward for the rest of this series, especially the echinoderms - plenty of extinct clades to talk about haha. I still have my electronic notes for all these invertebrate groups from uni classes, so if you want any help with the research I could happily send them over.

[@GEOGIRL]

I would love that, thanks! Anything you are willing to send my way is greatly appreciated, my email is [e-mail]

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@@GEOGIRL Great, will do so tomorrow morning :)

[@Zyu의Haru]

Well said. Thank you💕💕

[@GEOGIRL]

No problem, glad you enjoyed it!

[@CaptainMir]

Good luck with your channel and very interesting 👍

[@Taha-p4j]

Just voming up after a major class today to get more info

[@barbaradurfee645]

Such a happy approach to learning! Question, in areas where corals are dying due to rising sea temperatures are other reef builders such as sponges affected too?

[@GEOGIRL]

Yes, they are also affected by the acidifcation that is caused by the CO2 & temp. increase, but they are not as directly affected by the temperature increase alone because they don't have the symbiotic algae that the corals have. :)

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[@GEOGIRL]

Of course! Glad you found the video helpful :D

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[@GEOGIRL]

Of course :D So glad you liked it!

[@oker59]

Kind of like how multicellularity led to sex and death, and how sponges can reproduce from parts of themselves, and we can't because we've gotten too big . . . Natural Selection and genetics is something that comes at a certain stage/level. Before then was self-organization of stable non-equilibrium structures from a previous state of equilibrium structures like rocks?

[@BarelloSmith]

First and foremost: Thank you SO much for your content! It really saves me in my studies! However a minor nitpick: I think you got one thing wrong even on the second try: I believe it is SclerospongIAE not SclerospongEA, but as I said, a REALLY tiny nitpick! 😅Also, according to my knowledge, I believe they are considered to be contained within Demospongiae as well.

[@Xena4prez]

what book did you find the shrimp anecdote in? lol

[@GEOGIRL]

It's in Chapter 13 of Bringing Fossils to Life: An Introduction to Paleobiology: amzn.to/3kutMgs ! hahaha 😂

[@isaacfraser4082]

Makes me wanna watch SpongeBob you think they nailed it with how life in the ocean has been an is

[@biosphere7762]

The best phylum is porifera every cell in this phylum seem work independently

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[@prschuster]

One thing about pronunciation: You pronounce "coel" as "cole" and I learned to pronounce it as "seel".

[@GEOGIRL]

Oh how interesting, thank you for this clarification! I never would've guess that haha ;)

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Seemingly so boring, but so interesting in reality