A new Mississippian hexactinellid sponge from the western Gondwana: Taxonomic and paleobiogeographic implications

A Mississippian hexactinellid sponge from the western Argentina improves the extremely poor late Paleozoic sponge records from Gondwana. The sponge is included in the subfamily Thysanodictyinae of family Dictyospongiidae. The new genus and species Minitaspongia parvis is erected, and its well-preser...

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Main Authors: Marcelo G. Carrera, Juan Jose Rustán, N. Emilio Vaccari, Miguel Ezpeleta
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Institute of Paleobiology PAS 2018-03-01
Series:Acta Palaeontologica Polonica
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Online Access:http://www.app.pan.pl/archive/published/app63/app004032017.pdf