Porifera (Calcarea: Lithonida) from the Lower Miocene Batesford Limestone, Victoria, Australia, including a new species Monoplectroninia malonei sp. nov.
McSweeney, F.; Buckeridge, J.S.; Kelly, M. (2019). Porifera (Calcarea: Lithonida) from the Lower Miocene Batesford Limestone, Victoria, Australia, including a new species Monoplectroninia malonei sp. nov. Proc. Roy. Soc. Vict. 131(1): 7-17. https://dx.doi.org/10.1071/rs19001
In: Proceedings of the Royal Society of Victoria. Royal Society of Victoria: Melbourne. ISSN 0035-9211, more
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Australia, Victoria
Geological time > Phanerozoic > Geological time > Cenozoic > Tertiary > Cenozoic > Neogene > Miocene
Calcarea [WoRMS]; Monoplectroninia malonei; Porifera [WoRMS]
Victoria [Marine Regions]
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Monoplectroninia malonei sp. nov; Batesford Limestone |
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- McSweeney, F.
- Buckeridge, J.S.
- Kelly, M.
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| Abstract |
An exceptional fauna of calcareous sponges (Porifera: Calcarea) from the lowest biofacies of the Batesford Limestone (Lower Miocene), exposed in the Australian Portland Cement Quarry, Fyansford, near Geelong, southern Victoria, is reviewed. Four species have been recognised from this biofacies by the authors: Tretocalia pezica Hinde, 1900, Bactronella australis Hinde, 1900, Plectroninia halli Hinde, 1900 and a new species, Monoplectroninia malonei sp. nov., described and named in this paper. The original descriptions of Hinde’s species have been expanded to include a more comprehensive description of ontogeny. |
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