Sponges from the Jurassic of the Shotori Mountains Part III. Endostoma Roemer, Eudea Lamouroux, Pareudea Étallon, Preperonidella Finks & Rigby, Polyendostoma Roemer, Seriespongia n. gen., and Iniquispongia n. gen.
- 1. Geozentrum Nordbayern, Fachgruppe Paläoumwelt, Friedrich Alexander Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg, Lowenichstrasse 28, D-91054 Erlangen, Germany. E-mail: Baba.Senowbari-daryan@fau.de
- 2. Geozentrum Nordbayern, Fachgruppe Paläoumwelt, Friedrich Alexander Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg, Lowenichstrasse 28, D-91054 Erlangen, Germany. E-mail: franz.fuersich@fau.de
- 3. Department of Geology, Payame Noor University, PO Box 19395-3697, Tehran, Iran. E-mail: Kooroshrashidi@pnu.ac.ir
Description
Middle to Upper Jurassic platform and slope deposits, called Esfandiar Limestone Formation and Qale Dokhtar Formation, respectively are widespread in the Shotori Mountains, east-central Iran and contain minor reef and reefal limestones. Together with the silty Middle-Upper Jurassic Baghamshah Formation they contain abundant sponges, including hexactinellids, lithistids, demospongids (mainly chaetetids) and calcispongids ("pharetronids"). The following sponge taxa are described in this paper: Endostoma intermedia (Münster), E. perplexa (Quenstedt), E. stellata n. sp., Eudea perforata (Quenstedt), E. maxima n. sp., Pareudea bronni (Münster), P. gemella (Quenstedt), Preperonidella tabasensis n. sp., P. cf. tabasensis, P. sp.1, P. sp. 2, P. sp. 3, Polyendostoma? regularis n. sp., P.? irregularis n. sp., Seriespongia iranica n. gen., n. sp., and Iniquispongia iranica n. gen., n. sp. The most abundant taxon in the collection is Preperonidella represented by several species.
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