- HYPERCALCIFIED SPONGES FROM A SMALL REEF WITHIN THE NORIAN-RHAETIAN NAYBAND FORMATION NEAR YAZD, CENTRAL IRAN
- SENOWBARI-DARYAN, BABA
- RASHIDI, KOROOSH
- BEITOLLAH, HADIS
Subject
- Sponges
- Reef
- Nayband Formation
- Triassic
- Yazd-block
- Iran
Description
- 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.
Date
- 2011-07-31
Type
- info:eu-repo/semantics/article
- info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion
Format
- application/pdf
Identifier
10.13130/2039-4942/5974