First hexactinellid sponge reported from the upper triassic nayband formation of Central Iran
Rigby JK, Senowbari-Daryan B (2007)
Publication Language: English
Publication Type: Journal article
Publication year: 2007
Journal
Book Volume: 81
Pages Range: 1538-1542
Journal Issue: 6
DOI: 10.1666/06-009R1.1
Abstract
Sponges, along with scleractinian corals, are among the main reef-building organisms in Triassic reefs. Hypercalcified groups, including the chambered sphinctozoans, and the unchambered inozoans, chaetetids, and spongiomorphids, represent the most abundant Triassic reef-building sponges. Earlier workers have described elements of the latter group as “hydrozoans.” Hexactinellid sponges, abundant in some Permian reefs (e.g., in Texas, Finks, 1960), are rarely known from similar Triassic deposits, in general (Tichy, 1975), and particularly from Upper Triassic stratigraphic units. Hexactinellid sponges have been sporadically reported from well-investigated Upper Triassic reefs in the western Tethyan region (e.g., Keupp et al., 1989). However, a variety of hexactinellid sponges have been reported from Upper Triassic deposits and reefal limestones of the northern and central Tethyan realm (Boiko, 1990; Wu, 1989; Wu and Xiao, 1989; Rigby et al., 1998).
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APA:
Rigby, J.K., & Senowbari-Daryan, B. (2007). First hexactinellid sponge reported from the upper triassic nayband formation of Central Iran. Journal of Paleontology, 81(6), 1538-1542. https://doi.org/10.1666/06-009R1.1
MLA:
Rigby, J. Keith, and Baba Senowbari-Daryan. "First hexactinellid sponge reported from the upper triassic nayband formation of Central Iran." Journal of Paleontology 81.6 (2007): 1538-1542.
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