Myxilla spp.

Łukowiak, Magdalena, Pisera, Andrzej & Stefanska, Tetiana, 2019, Uncovering the hidden diversity of Paleogene sponge fauna of the East European Platform through reassessment of the record of isolated spicules, Acta Palaeontologica Polonica 64 (4), pp. 871-895 : 886

Myxilla spp.

Fig. 6I, K, U, V .

Material.—Upper Eocene, south-central Ukraine.

Remarks. —Several spicules of different morphology may be assigned to the family Myxillidae , or even to the genus Myxilla . These are the acanthostyles ( Fig. 6I, K ), and anisochelae ( Fig. 6U, V ). However, this attribution is not unambiguous and their referral to mycalids is also possible. Still, the slender fusiform tylotes ( Fig. 6Y, Z ), that were here ascribed to Histodermella , might be also of myxillid affinity.

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Fig. 6. Spicule morphotypes from south-central Ukraine; Russkie Tiŝki, Middle Eocene (A, H, O, Y, Z), Kiselevka, upper Eocene (B, C), Markovka, middle Eocene (D), Russkie Tiŝki, upper Eocene (E), Kiselevka, upper Eocene (F, G, M), Pogonovka borehole, upper Eocene (I), Markovka, upper Eocene (J, K, N), Nikol’skoe, upper Eocene (L, P), Grigorevka borehole, upper Eocene (Q, R, S, T), Melovoe, upper Eocene (U, V), and Kiselevka, middle Eocene (W, X). A. Spherostyle. B–D. Tylostyles. E, F, I–K, M. Acanthostyles. G, H. Exotyles. L. Clavidisc. N, O. Acanthoxeas. P–R. Acanthostrongyles. S, T. Sigmas. U, V. Anisochelae. W. Isochela. X. Spheraster. Y, Z. Tylotes. After Ivanik (2003); modified.