POROSPHAERA (PORIFERA), A GLOBULAR SPONGE FROM THE UPPER JURASSIC OF THE CENTRAL IRAN

Authors

  • BABA SENOWBARI-DARYAN
  • FRANZ T. FÜRSICH
  • MARKUS WILMSEN

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.13130/2039-4942/5985

Keywords:

Calcisponges, Systematics, Jurassic, Iran

Abstract

Porosphaera, an abundant small spherical calcisponge, well known from Cretaceous strata of Europe, was found in Middle and Upper Jurassic deposits of east-central Iran. This is the first record of Porosphaera from the Jurassic, except for a questionable occurrence of the genus from the Upper Jurassic of Canada, described by Jansa et al. (1982). The following species are new: P. regularis n. sp., P. biporata n. sp., P.? labyrinthica n. sp.,  and P.? asymmetrica n. sp.

 

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Published

30-11-2011

How to Cite

SENOWBARI-DARYAN, B., T. FÜRSICH, F. and WILMSEN, M. (2011) “POROSPHAERA (PORIFERA), A GLOBULAR SPONGE FROM THE UPPER JURASSIC OF THE CENTRAL IRAN”, RIVISTA ITALIANA DI PALEONTOLOGIA E STRATIGRAFIA , 117(3). doi: 10.13130/2039-4942/5985.

Issue

Vol. 117 No. 3 (2011)

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