Long expected sponges from the Neoproterozoic Ediacara fauna of South Australia
- 1 March 1996
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Cambridge University Press (CUP) in Journal of Paleontology
- Vol. 70 (2) , 185-195
- https://doi.org/10.1017/s0022336000023283
Abstract
New fossils from the Neoproterozoic Ediacara fauna of South Australia are interpreted as the oldest known hexactinellid sponges. They occur within the Ediacara Member of the Rawnsley Quartzite (Pound Subgroup) from several locations in the Flinders Ranges. The new genus,Palaeophragmodictya, is characterized by disc-shaped impressions preserving characteristic spicular networks and is reconstructed as a convex sponge with a peripheral frill and an oscular disc at the apex.Keywords
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