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First fossil sponge from Antarctica and its paleobiogeographical significance

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  14 July 2015

Radek Vodrážka  and
J. Alistair Crame
Radek Vodrážka
Affiliation:
1Czech Geological Survey, Klárov 3, 118 21 Prague 1, Czech Republic, ,
J. Alistair Crame
Affiliation:
2British Antarctic Survey, Natural Environment Research Council, High Cross, Madingley Road, Cambridge, CB3 OET, UK,
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Abstract

Laocoetis piserai n. sp. (Hexactinellida, Porifera) from the mid-Cretaceous (i.e., Albian–Cenomanian) of James Ross Island is the first record of a fossil sponge from Antarctica. This new occurrence of a formerly widespread genus was restricted to relatively deep waters on the margins of an active volcanic arc. Its occurrence in Antarctica is further evidence that the genus Laocoetis underwent a dramatic reduction in its geographic range through the Cenozoic. The only living species of the genus at the present day is Laocoetis perion from Madagascar.

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Journal of Paleontology , Volume 85 , Issue 1 , January 2011 , pp. 48 - 57
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