Publication

1971 - Field Museum of Natural History, Chicago, Illinois

Language

English

Word Count

5,500 words, Guess

Page Count

22 pages

Identifiers

Classifications

  • DDC550/.8 s
  • LCCQE1 .F4 vol. 23, no. 2
  • LCCQE955 .F4 vol. 23, no. 2

Alternate Titles

  • Amphispongieae

Description

Amphispongia oblonga Salter, 1861 is a Silurian problematic organism from Scotland originally described as a sponge. It forms the base of the lyssakid family Amphispongiidae Rauff, 1894. It has been suggested that the fossil may be an alga (Finks, 1967) which is now accepted, and Amphispongia is here redescribed as a dasycladacean alga. A new tribe Amphispongieae comprising Amphispongia Salter, 1861 and Anomaloides Ulrich, 1878 is erected.

Subjects

Topics

Amphispongia

Series Statement

  • Fieldiana -- v. 23, no. 2
  • [Field Museum of Natural History] Publication 1124
  • Publication (Field Museum of Natural History) -- 1124.

Other Editions

  • Amphispongieae, a new tribe of Paleozoic dasycladaceous algaeField Museum of Natural History1971-01-01

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