Amphispongieae, a new tribe of Paleozoic dasycladaceous algae
By: [by] Matthew H. Nitecki --
Series: Fieldiana -- v. 23, no. 2; [Field Museum of Natural History] Publication 1124; Publication (Field Museum of Natural History) -- 1124.
Publisher: Field Museum of Natural History
Published: 1971
Place of publication: Chicago
Subjects: Amphispongia
Other titles: Amphispongieae
Description: Amphispongia oblonga Salter, 1861 is a Silurian problematic organism from Scotland originally described as a sponge. It forms the base of the lyssakid family Amphispongiidae Rauff, 1894. It has been suggested that the fossil may be an alga (Finks, 1967) which is now accepted, and Amphispongia is here redescribed as a dasycladacean alga. A new tribe Amphispongieae comprising Amphispongia Salter, 1861 and Anomaloides Ulrich, 1878 is erected.