1. Pennsylvanian sponge from the Mecca Quarry Shale, Carbondale Group (Indiana, USA) and the paleobiogeographic distribution ofTeganiellain the paleoequatorial region of Laurentia
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João P. Saldanha, Marcelo A. Carvalho, Breno Leitão Waichel, Lucas D. Mouro, Mateus. S. Silva, Rodrigo Scalise Horodyski, and Antonio Carlos Sequeira Fernandes
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010506 paleontology ,Range (biology) ,Aquatic ecosystem ,Paleontology ,010502 geochemistry & geophysics ,01 natural sciences ,Geography ,Habitat ,Genus ,Benthic zone ,Group (stratigraphy) ,Pennsylvanian ,Laurentia ,0105 earth and related environmental sciences - Abstract
The sponges may be the oldest group of Metazoa, with a long and successful evolutionary history. Despite their intermittent fossil record quality, the group has been considered reliable for paleoecological and paleobiogeographic analyses because they have inhabited various types of aquatic environments, forming a significant part of benthic communities. We have presented a detailed description of a new species from the genusTeganiella,Teganiella finksinew species, which expands the chronologic range and classifies the genus as endemic to the paleoequatorial regions of Laurentia associated with arid climate conditions linked to hypersaline periods. Combining the paleoecological and paleoenvironmental features of theTeganiellaspecies, our findings also suggest a trend toward more closed-inlet conditions, which may be related to competition and/or specific habitat supplies, for example, heavy metals such as vanadium, zinc, and molybdenum.UUID:http://zoobank.org/12901a63-7cd5-4207-ac7a-0ce12649fcaf
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- 2019
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