A review of fossil Bursidae and their use for phylogeny calibration
Author
Sanders, Malcolm T.
Author
Merle, Didier
Author
Puillandre, Nicolas
text
Geodiversitas
2019
2019-03-08
41
5
247
265
journal article
10.5252/geodiversitas2019v41a5
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Aquitanobursa chipolana
(
Schmelz, 1997
)
n. comb.
(
Fig. 5F, G
)
Bursa
(
Bufonariella
)
chipolana
Schmelz, 1997: 105
, pl. 1, figs 1a-c; pl. 2, figs 1a-b, 2a-b. —
Vokes 1997: 212
.
Bursa
(
Bufonariella
)
pelouatensis
–
Vokes 1973: 97
, text-fig. 2 (not
Cossmann & Peyrot, 1924
).
Bursa chipolana
–
Beu 2010: 44
, pl. 1, figs 5-7, 10.
TYPE
LOCALITY. — Tulane University locality TU546, Chipola Formation (Burdigalian), Tenmile Creek,
Florida
,
United States
.
TYPE MATERIAL. —
Bursa
(
Bufonariella
)
chipolana
,
holotype
(UF 73199), figured
paratype
(USNM 647108), from TU547, west bank Chipola
River
600 m
upstream from Fourmile Creek, Calhoun Co. (specimen figured by
Vokes 1973
: text-figs 2a-b, refigured in good quality by
Beu 2010
: pl. 1, figs 6, 7);
figured
paratype
(UF 73200), from TU951,
Tenmile Creek
,
Calhoun Co
.; nine further
paratypes
from localities on or near the
Chipola
River
listed by
Schmelz (1997)
.
GEOGRAPHIC AND STRATIGRAPHIC OCCURRENCE. —
Aquitanobursa chipolana
n. comb.
is recorded only from the Chipola Formation (Burdigalian) on and near the Chipola River, Calhoun Co.,
Florida
,
United States
.
REMARKS
Aquitanobursa chipolana
n. comb.
seems to have a slightly greater number of primary cords than other species referred to
Aquitanobursa
n. gen.
This species possibly belongs in another genus, for which a new name needs to be created.