Cystothalamia vandegraaffi new species and other Sphinctozoan sponges from the Upper Carboniferous of Spain

García-Bellido DC, Senowbari-Daryan B, Rigby JK (2004)

Publication Language: English

Publication Type: Journal article

Publication year: 2004

Journal

Journal of Paleontology Paleontological Society

Book Volume: 78

Pages Range: 1037-1055

Journal Issue: 6

DOI: 10.1017/S0022336000043869

Abstract

New and previously described “Sphinctozoan” taxa have been collected from six different localities in northern Spain, all of them dated as Late Carboniferous, from Moskovian to Kasimovian in age. The sphinctozoans in the collection are all assigned to the Demospongiae: a new species of polyglomerate type, Cystothalamia vandegraaffi n. sp., and known species Amblysiphonella barroisi Steinmann, 1882, Amblysiphonella carbonaria (Steinmann, 1882), Discosiphonella mammilosa (King, 1943), Discosiphonella maior (Van de Graaff, 1969), and Sollasia ostiolata Steinmann, 1882. Some of these specimens present interesting paleoecological features, such as the use of a piece of calcareous algae as a hard substrate in a soft muddy bottom and a possible branching pattern determined by photophilic or negative geotaxic growth.

Authors with CRIS profile

Baba Senowbari-Daryan Naturwissenschaftliche Fakultät

Involved external institutions

University of Adelaide AU Australia (AU) University of Notre Dame du Lac US United States (USA) (US)

How to cite

APA:

García-Bellido, D.C., Senowbari-Daryan, B., & Rigby, J.K. (2004). Cystothalamia vandegraaffi new species and other Sphinctozoan sponges from the Upper Carboniferous of Spain. Journal of Paleontology, 78(6), 1037-1055. https://dx.doi.org/10.1017/S0022336000043869

MLA:

García-Bellido, Diego C., Baba Senowbari-Daryan, and J. Keith Rigby. "Cystothalamia vandegraaffi new species and other Sphinctozoan sponges from the Upper Carboniferous of Spain." Journal of Paleontology 78.6 (2004): 1037-1055.

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