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Hexactinellid and calcareous sponges from the Pennsylvanian (Moscovian) Dikanre Formation from Xinjiang-Uygur Autonomous Region, northwestern People's Republic of China

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  20 May 2016

J. Keith Rigby ,
Johnny A. Waters ,
Christopher G. Maples ,
N. Gary Lane ,
Liao Zhou-Ting  and
Liu Lu-Jon
J. Keith Rigby
Affiliation:
1Department of Geology, S-389 ESC, Brigham Young University, Provo, Utah 84602-4606
Johnny A. Waters
Affiliation:
2Geology Department, State University of West Georgia, 101 Gallaway Building, Maple Street, Carrollton 30117
Christopher G. Maples
Affiliation:
3Department of Geological Sciences, Indiana University, Bloomington, IN 47405
N. Gary Lane
Affiliation:
4Department of Geosciences, Indiana University, Bloomington 47405
Liao Zhou-Ting
Affiliation:
4Department of Geosciences, Indiana University, Bloomington 47405
Liu Lu-Jon
Affiliation:
5Nanjing Institute of Geology and Palaeontology, Academia Sinica, 39 Eastern Beijing Road, Nanjing, Jiangsu 210008, People's Republic of China
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Abstract

A modest assemblage of hexactinellid and calcareous sponges from the Pennsylvanian (Moscovian) Dikanre Formation has been recovered from the Uygur Autonomous Region in eastern Xinjiang Province in northwestern China. Hexactinellids include the reticulosid Stereodictyum proteron Rigby and Washburn, 1972, and the new amphidiscosid species Stioderma sinensis, S. micra, and S. mega. This is the first time the genera Stereodictyum and Stioderma have been reported from Asia. Also included in the assemblage is a silicified porate permosphinctan, Amblysiphonella cf. barroisi Steinmann, 1882, which is the first report of that genus from northwestern China. Species of Stioderma are described from nearly complete specimens for the first time. Previously described species have been based on isolated spicules or relatively small fragments.

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Journal of Paleontology , Volume 73 , Issue 3 , May 1999 , pp. 380 - 388
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Copyright © The Paleontological Society 

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