Discovery of 505-million-year old chitin in the basal demosponge Vauxia gracilenta

Identification and first insights into the structure and biosynthesis of chitin from the freshwater sponge Spongilla lacustris

(2013) Hermann Ehrlich et al.   JOURNAL OF STRUCTURAL BIOLOGY

Preservational modes in the Ediacaran Gaojiashan Lagerstätte: Pyritization, aluminosilicification, and carbonaceous compression

(2012) Yaoping Cai et al.   PALAEOGEOGRAPHY PALAEOCLIMATOLOGY PALAEOECOLOGY

Burgess Shale-Type Microfossils from the Middle Cambrian Kaili Formation, Guizhou Province, China

(2011) Thomas H.P. Harvey et al.   ACTA PALAEONTOLOGICA POLONICA

Molecular signature of chitin-protein complex in Paleozoic arthropods

(2011) G. D. Cody et al.   GEOLOGY

Characterization of Organics Consistent with β-Chitin Preserved in the Late Eocene Cuttlefish Mississaepia mississippiensis

(2011) Patricia G. Weaver et al.   PLoS One

Rangeomorphs, Thectardis (Porifera?) and dissolved organic carbon in the Ediacaran oceans

(2010) E. A. SPERLING et al.   Geobiology

Three-dimensional chitin-based scaffolds from Verongida sponges (Demospongiae: Porifera). Part I. Isolation and identification of chitin

(2010) H. Ehrlich et al.   INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF BIOLOGICAL MACROMOLECULES

BURGESS SHALE-TYPE PRESERVATION: A COMPARISON OF NARAOIIDS (ARTHROPODA) FROM THREE CAMBRIAN LOCALITIES

(2010) J.-P. LIN et al.   PALAIOS

Embryonic development of verongid demosponges supports the independent acquisition of spongin skeletons as an alternative to the siliceous skeleton of sponges

(2009) MANUEL MALDONADO   BIOLOGICAL JOURNAL OF THE LINNEAN SOCIETY

Phylogenomics Revives Traditional Views on Deep Animal Relationships

(2009) Hervé Philippe et al.   CURRENT BIOLOGY

Chitin-based scaffolds are an integral part of the skeleton of the marine demosponge Ianthella basta

(2009) E. Brunner et al.   JOURNAL OF STRUCTURAL BIOLOGY

Fossil steroids record the appearance of Demospongiae during the Cryogenian period

(2009) Gordon D. Love et al.   NATURE

Cambrian Burgess Shale–type deposits share a common mode of fossilization

(2008) Robert R. Gaines et al.   GEOLOGY

Thermogravimetric analysis of chitins of different origin

(2008) D. Stawski et al.   JOURNAL OF THERMAL ANALYSIS AND CALORIMETRY