Eocene phymaraphiniid demosponges from South Western Australia: filling the gap

We describe two new genera of phymaraphiniid lithistid sponges Twertupia gen. nov. and Pickettispongia gen. nov. from the upper Eocene Pallinup Formation of South Western (SW) Australia based on new, rich and very well preserved material. Type material of these two genera, earlier described from poo...

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Vydáno v:Acta palaeontologica Polonica Ročník 68; číslo 2; s. 261 - 272
Hlavní autoři: Pisera, Andrzej, Bitner, Maria, Fromont, Jane
Médium: Journal Article
Jazyk:angličtina
Vydáno: Polska Akademia Nauk, Instytut Paleobiologii 01.01.2023
Institute of Paleobiology PAS
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australia
demospongiae
eocene
extant
lithistid sponges
phymaraphiniidae
Australia
ISSN:0567-7920, 1732-2421
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Shrnutí:We describe two new genera of phymaraphiniid lithistid sponges Twertupia gen. nov. and Pickettispongia gen. nov. from the upper Eocene Pallinup Formation of South Western (SW) Australia based on new, rich and very well preserved material. Type material of these two genera, earlier described from poorly preserved material, were originally attributed to Thamnospongia subglabra and Stachyspongia neoclavatela (in case of species of Twertupia), and to Discoderma ta-belliformis (case of species of Pickettispongia). This is the first record of bodily preserved phymaraphiniid sponges from Eocene rocks, as well as from the southern hemisphere. We discuss extant and fossil representatives of Phymaraphiniidae and their geographical distribution, concluding that the present day occurrences of these sponges are the result of a much larger Mesozoic Tethyan distribution. Key words: Lithistid sponges, Demospongiae, Phymaraphiniidae, Eocene, extant, Australia.
ISSN:0567-7920
1732-2421
DOI:10.4202/app.01052.2023