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Botting, Joseph

A New Silurian (Llandovery, Telychian) Sponge Assemblage from Gotland, Sweden

Botting, Joseph - A New Silurian (Llandovery, Telychian) Sponge Assemblage from Gotland, Sweden, e-bok

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A newly discovered, diverse sponge fauna of early Silurian age, is described from Gotland, Sweden. This is the first Silurian sponge assemblage known from Baltica, and the only diverse Llandoverian assemblage known worldwide. The fauna includes 20 genera and 29 species, of which three genera and six species are new. Eighteen species are new to Baltica. The fauna shows strong similarities to later Silurian assemblages in Arctic Canada, but one endemic species comprises ca. 50% of the fauna. The fauna shows that lithistid sponges recovered well from the late Ordovician extinction in some areas, and became widely spread in the early Silurian. In contrast, non-lithistid sponges like, such as hexactinellids, appear to have evolved rapidly during the Late Ordovician – early Silurian interval, and some modern groups probably originated in inshore habitats.

Nyckelord: silurian; sponge fauna; age; gotland; known; first; assemblage; sponge; baltica; diverse; llandoverian; worldwide; fauna; new; three; species; eighteen; arctic; assemblages; later; strong similarities; canada

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Utgivare
John Wiley and Sons, Inc.
Utgivningsår
2014
Språk
en
Utgåva
1
Serie
Fossils and Strata Monograph Series
Sidantal
88 sidor
Kategori
Naturvetenskaper
Format
E-bok
eISBN (PDF)
9781118906637
Tryckt ISBN
9781118906620

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