Abstract
Biodiversity of museum and bulk field samples compared: The Chiampo sponge fauna (Eocene, Lessini Mountains, Italy)
Highlights
The fauna, comprising 32 species, was recently described in a systematic study based on museum material
We find that selectively collected museum material tends to have greater diversity and evenness than bulk field samples
Bulk field sampling revealed hexactinellids to be strongly dominant over lithistids, which suggests a deep-water setting of greater than 200 m water depth
Summary
The sponge body fossils from the Lutetian (Eocene) of Chiampo Valley in north-eastern Italy, Lessini Mountains, exhibit a high diversity. The fauna, comprising 32 species, was recently described in a systematic study based on museum material.
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