A new potamolepid freshwater sponge (Demospongiae) from the Miocene Nakamura Formation, central Japan

Paleontological Research

Volumn 4, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 131-137

  Matsuoka, Keiji ^a   Masuda, Yoshiki ^b  

^a Toyohashi Museum of Natural History   (Japan)

^b KAWASAKI MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Japan)

Author keywords

Early Miocene; Freshwater sponge; Nakamura Formation; Oncosclera; Potamolepidae

Indexed keywords

FRESHWATER; MIOCENE; NEW SPECIES; SPONGE;

JAPAN;

DEMOSPONGIAE; ONOSCLERA KANIENSIS;

EID: 0033928018     PISSN: 13428144     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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