New Middle Silurian hexactinellid sponge from the Mackenzie Mountains, Northwest Territories, Canada

• Published in: Journal of Paleontology
• Main Authors: Rigby, J. Keith, Chatterton, Brian D. E.
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Cambridge University Press (CUP) 1994
• Subjects: Paleontology; Northwest Territories; Canada; Walcott; Road River; Avalanche Lake; Mackenzie mountains
• Online Access: http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/s0022336000022812; https://www.cambridge.org/core/services/aop-cambridge-core/content/view/S0022336000022812

Several specimens of the small hexactinellid, Cyathophycus mackenziensis n. sp., were collected from pale brown, shaly mudstone of the Road River Formation. The sponges are of Wenlock age and were collected from near Avalanche Lake, Mackenzie Mountains, Northwest Territories, Canada. The small, stee...