An oversized, late-surviving reticulosan sponge from the Carboniferous of Ireland

doi:10.1016/j.geobios.2023.07.004

	An oversized, late-surviving reticulosan sponge from the Carboniferous of Ireland
	Botting, Joseph P.2,3; Muir, Lucy A.3; Doyle, Eamon 1
刊名	GEOBIOS
	2023-10-01
卷号	80 页码:1-13
关键词	Porifera Namurian Ireland Reticulosa Deltaic paleoenvironment
ISSN号	0016-6995
DOI	10.1016/j.geobios.2023.07.004
通讯作者	Botting, Joseph P.(acutipuerilis@yahoo.co.uk) ; Doyle, Eamon(edoyle@clarecoco.ie)
英文摘要	Cyathophycus is one of the most widespread reticulosan sponges in Ordovician to Devonian rocks, but was mostly limited to the Iapetus region during the Ordovician and Silurian periods. Having an unfused skeleton, these sponges require an element of exceptional preservation (abrupt burial as a minimum) to enter the fossil record. Most species are a few centimetres in size, and found in muddy offshore environments. A new species of Cyathophycus, C. balori nov. sp., from the Kilkee Cyclothem of the Namurian Central Clare Group of County Clare, Ireland, substantially extends the stratigraphic range of the genus into the upper Palaeozoic. At more than 50 cm in height, the new species is the largest known Cyathophycus, and one of the largest reticulosan sponges. The sponges are found abundantly as monospecific assemblages in a par-ticular band of laminated mudstone in prodelta cyclothem deposits. This unexpected discovery reveals a new component to Carboniferous prodeltaic ecosystems, and is further evidence that early sponge groups persisted in some unusual and marginal environments.(c) 2023 Elsevier Masson SAS. All rights reserved.
资助项目	Warwickshire Geological Conservation Group ; Burren and Cliffs of Moher UNESCO Global Geopark ; Geological Survey Ireland
WOS关键词	HEXACTINELLID SPONGE ; SHANNON BASIN ; ORDOVICIAN ; GROWTH ; CYATHOPHYCUS ; MOUNTAINS ; SEDIMENTS ; ECOLOGY ; REEF ; BAY
WOS研究方向	Paleontology
语种	英语
出版者	ELSEVIER FRANCE-EDITIONS SCIENTIFIQUES MEDICALES ELSEVIER
WOS记录号	WOS:001125046200001
资助机构	Warwickshire Geological Conservation Group ; Burren and Cliffs of Moher UNESCO Global Geopark ; Geological Survey Ireland
内容类型	期刊论文
源URL	[http://ir.nigpas.ac.cn/handle/332004/42835]
专题	中国科学院南京地质古生物研究所
通讯作者	Botting, Joseph P.; Doyle, Eamon
作者单位	1.Clare Cty Council, Burren & Cliffs Moher UNESCO Global Geopk, Ennistymon, Clare, Ireland 2.Chinese Acad Sci, Nanjing Inst Geol & Palaeontol, 39 East Beijing Rd, Nanjing 210008, Peoples R China 3.Amgueddfa Cymru Museum Wales, Dept Nat Sci, Cathays Pk, Cardiff CF10 3NP, Wales
推荐引用方式 GB/T 7714	Botting, Joseph P.,Muir, Lucy A.,Doyle, Eamon. An oversized, late-surviving reticulosan sponge from the Carboniferous of Ireland[J]. GEOBIOS,2023,80:1-13.
APA	Botting, Joseph P.,Muir, Lucy A.,&Doyle, Eamon.(2023).An oversized, late-surviving reticulosan sponge from the Carboniferous of Ireland.GEOBIOS,80,1-13.
MLA	Botting, Joseph P.,et al."An oversized, late-surviving reticulosan sponge from the Carboniferous of Ireland".GEOBIOS 80(2023):1-13.