HYPERCALCIFIED SPONGES FROM A SMALL REEF WITHIN THE NORIAN-RHAETIAN NAYBAND FORMATION NEAR YAZD, CENTRAL IRAN
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https://doi.org/10.13130/2039-4942/5974Keywords:
Sponges, Reef, Nayband Formation, Triassic, Yazd-block, IranAbstract
Sponges are, beside of scleractinian corals the most abundant reef building organisms in Norian-Rhaetian reefs or reefal limestones of Iran. The sponge fauna from a small biohermal reef structure near the town of Yazd is described. Tectonically it belongs to the so called "Yazd-Block". All described species are hypercalcified sponges, only one species of chambered hexactinellid was found. The chambered species Welteria lutensis n. sp. is described.
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2011-07-31
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