Myrmecioptychium
Myrmecioptychium is an extinct lychniscosidan hexasterophoran sea sponge, which is a subgenus of Coeloptychium.[1][2][3][4] Its remains have been found in Santonian-Maastrichtian-aged deposits in Broitzem, Germany and Poland. The type species, M. bodei, was named in 1912.[5]
| Myrmecioptychium Temporal range: Late Cretaceous, | |
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| Family: | †Coeloptychidae Roemer, 1864 |
| Genus: | Goldfuss, 1826 |
| Subgenus: | †Myrmecioptychium Schrammen, 1912 |
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| †Myrmecioptychium bodei Schrammen, 1912 | |
References
- R. M. Finks, R. E. H. Reid, and J. K. Rigby. 2004. Porifera (Demospongea, Hexactinellida, Heteractinida, Calcarea). Treatise on Invertebrate Paleontology Part E, Revised E(3):1-872 [W. Kiessling/W. Kiessling/W. Kiessling]
- "Myrmecioptychium Schrammen, 1912". www.gbif.org. GBIF. Retrieved 2020-09-04.
- "Fossilworks: Coeloptychium (Myrmecioptychium)". fossilworks.org. Fossilworks. Retrieved 17 December 2021.
- "Transitory level of modular organization in the Late Cretaceous hexactinellids (Porifera)". ResearchGate.
- A. Schrammen. 1912. Die Kieselspongien der oberen Kreide von Nordwestdeutschland, Teil 2 Triaxonia (Hexactinellida) [Upper Cretaceous sponges from north-western Germany, part 2 Triaxonia (Hexactinellida)]. Palaeontographica, Supplement 5:176-385
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