- POROSPHAERA (PORIFERA), A GLOBULAR SPONGE FROM THE UPPER JURASSIC OF THE CENTRAL IRAN
- SENOWBARI-DARYAN, BABA
- T. FÜRSICH, FRANZ
- WILMSEN, MARKUS
Subject
- Calcisponges
- Systematics
- Jurassic
- Iran
Description
- 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.
Date
- 2011-11-30
Type
- info:eu-repo/semantics/article
- info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion
Format
- application/pdf
Identifier
10.13130/2039-4942/5985