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Hexactinellid sponges from the Early Cambrian black shale of South Anhui, China

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  20 May 2016

Wen Wu ,
Ai-Hua Yang ,
Dorte Janussen ,
Michael Steiner  and
Mao-Yan Zhu
Wen Wu
Affiliation:
Nanjing Institute of Geology and Palaeontology, Chinese Academy of Science, Nanjing 210008, PR China, , ,
Ai-Hua Yang
Affiliation:
Nanjing Institute of Geology and Palaeontology, Chinese Academy of Science, Nanjing 210008, PR China, , ,
Dorte Janussen
Affiliation:
Forschungsinstitut und Naturmuseum Senckenberg, Senckenberganlage 25, D-60325 Frankfurt am Main, Germany,
Michael Steiner
Affiliation:
Technische Universität Berlin, Sekretariat ACK 14, Ackerstrasse 71-76, D-13355 Berlin, Germany,
Mao-Yan Zhu
Affiliation:
Nanjing Institute of Geology and Palaeontology, Chinese Academy of Science, Nanjing 210008, PR China, , ,
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Abstract

Three new and one completely preserved species of hexactinellid sponges are described from Early Cambrian black shales of South Anhui, China. The sponges occur in the middle part of the Huangboling Formation, which is assigned to the early Canglangpuian based on trilobite biostratigraphy. Metaxyspongia skelidata n. gen. and sp. and Hexatractiella dongzhiensis n. sp. are subcylindrical thin-walled Protospongiidae. Ratcliffespongia multiforamina n. sp. is assigned to the Hintzespongiidae. With these new sponges, the first occurrences of the Protospongiidae and Hintzespongiidae, and of Hexatractiella Mehl, 1996, can be traced back to the Early Cambrian. Solactiniella cf. plumata Steiner et al., 1993, with irregular rossellimorph skeletal architecture and regular spicular organization, is found here associated with the above species. Thus, the Anhui assemblage can be considered as intermediate between Atdabanian shallow-water communities of hexactinellids with irregular skeletons and the Middle Cambrian deepwater sponge facies characterized by regularly organized Hexactinellida.

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Journal of Paleontology , Volume 79 , Issue 6 , November 2005 , pp. 1043 - 1051
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