A new Silurian (Llandovery, Telychian) sponge assemblage from Gotland, Sweden / Freek Rhebergen and Joseph P. Botting.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Freek Rhebergen, author.

Botting, J. P. (Joseph P.), author.

Series:

Fossils and strata ; Number 60.

Fossils and Strata ; Number 60

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Sponges, Fossil.

Paleontology--Silurian.

Paleontology.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (273 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

[Place of publication not identified] : Wiley Blackwell, 2014.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

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,

Contents:

Cover; Title page; A new Silurian (Llandovery, Telychian) sponge assemblage from Gotland, Sweden; Introduction; Institutional abbreviations; Geological setting; Material, repository, methods and terminology; Systematic palaeontology; Palaeobiogeography and community evolution; Taphonomy; Palaeoecology and palaeoenvironmental interpretation; Conclusions; References; End User License Agreement

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references.

Description based on online resource; title from PDF cover page (ebrary, viewed October 7, 2014).

ISBN:

9781118906637

1118906632

9781118906644

1118906640

9781118906651

1118906659

OCLC:

892799992