Myrmecioptychium Explained

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]

Notes and References

  1. 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]
  2. Web site: Myrmecioptychium Schrammen, 1912 . 2020-09-04 . www.gbif.org . GBIF.
  3. Web site: Fossilworks: Coeloptychium (Myrmecioptychium) . 17 December 2021 . fossilworks.org . Fossilworks.
  4. Web site: Transitory level of modular organization in the Late Cretaceous hexactinellids (Porifera) . ResearchGate.
  5. 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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