Cribrilinid bryozoans from Pleistocene Mediterranean deep-waters, with the description of new species.

Autor(en)
Antonietta Rosso, Emanuela DiMartino, Andrey Ostrovsky
Abstrakt

Cribrilinid bryozoans originating from Pleistocene deep-water sediments from two localities near Messina (Sicily, Italy)—Capo Milazzo (Gelasian) and Scoppo (Calabrian)—were examined. Five cribrilinid species were found, three in each locality and time interval, with only one species shared. Three species, Cribrilaria profunda n. sp., Glabrilaria transversocarinata n. sp., and Figularia spectabilis n. sp., are new to science. Of the two remaining species, Figularia figularis was already known from local fossil associations, whereas Glabrilaria pedunculata, a present-day Mediterranean species, is recorded for the first time as a fossil. New combinations are suggested for two species previously assigned to Puellina, Cribrilaria saldanhai (Harmelin, 2001) n. comb. and Cribrilaria mikelae (Harmelin, 2006) n. comb. The diagnosis of the genus Figularia was amended to include an erect growth morphology in addition to the encrusting form, and the occurrence of ooecia formed by the distal kenozooid. Following a literature revision of all species currently assigned to Figularia, the new combinations Vitrimurella capitifera (Canu and Bassler, 1929) n. comb. and Hayamiellina quaylei (Powell, 1967a) n. comb. are suggested, and problematic species are listed and briefly discussed.

Organisation(en)
Institut für Paläontologie
Externe Organisation(en)
University of Oslo, Università degli Studi di Catania
Journal
Journal of Paleontology
Band
95
Seiten
268-290
Anzahl der Seiten
23
ISSN
0022-3360
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1017/jpa.2020.93
Publikationsdatum
03-2021
Peer-reviewed
Ja
ÖFOS 2012
106012 Evolutionsforschung
Schlagwörter
ASJC Scopus Sachgebiete
Palaeontology
Link zum Portal
https://ucrisportal.univie.ac.at/de/publications/39edba33-6899-4bce-a46d-f50633167fad