The new cheilostome bryozoan Metrarabdotos nehybai from the Middle Miocene of Moravia (Czech Republic)

Autor(en)
Kamil Zágoršek, Andrew N. Ostrovsky, Norbert Vávra
Abstrakt

Samples from borehole Vranovice VK 1 (Moravia, Czech Republic) have yielded a bryozoan fauna comparable with two bryozoan faunas of equivalent age (early Badenian, Lower Lagenid Zone) from Austria (Niederleis, Locatelliwald). As previously shown by studies on foraminifera, the bryozoans indicate changes of the environment (mainly shallowing upwards) during the early Badenian. In most of the samples studied a new cheilostome bryozoan (Metrarabdotos nehybai sp. nov.) from the family Metrarabdotosidae has been found. A detailed taxonomie description is given. Skeletal thickening of the frontal shield ('secondary calcification') strongly changes the external appearance of the ontogenetically older zooids, but internal features remain stable and permit precise identification.

Organisation(en)
Institut für Paläontologie, Institut für Urgeschichte und Historische Archäologie
Externe Organisation(en)
Národní muzeum, Saint Petersburg State University
Journal
Neues Jahrbuch fur Geologie und Palaontologie - Abhandlungen
Band
260
Seiten
21-31
Anzahl der Seiten
11
ISSN
0077-7749
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1127/0077-7749/2011/0126
Publikationsdatum
04-2011
Peer-reviewed
Ja
ÖFOS 2012
105118 Paläontologie
Schlagwörter
ASJC Scopus Sachgebiete
Palaeontology
Link zum Portal
https://ucrisportal.univie.ac.at/de/publications/c4c254b2-32f1-4160-bd44-d97482c5f60b