Late Maastrichtian Radiolaria from ODP Leg 165 - Site 999 B, Colombian Basin
Author
Kochhann, Karlos G. D.
Author
Baecker-Fauth, Simone
Author
Fauth, Gerson
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Geodiversitas
2013
2013-03-29
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http://dx.doi.org/10.5252/g2013n1a1
journal article
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10.5252/g2013n1a1
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Dictyomitra
sp. 2
(
Fig. 4F
)
FIGURED SPECIMEN. — ULVG-7324.
MATERIAL. —
23 specimens
(recovered with the hydrogen peroxide method); two specimens (recovered with the acetic acid method).
DESCRIPTION
Multi-segmented form (six to eleven segments), with test elongated and conical shape. Well-developed and vertically aligned costae obscured on cephalis. Cephalis slightly acute apically. Between adjacent costae, a single parallel row of aligned sub-circular pores or sub-circular depressions is present. Deep and well-developed constrictions occur at joints between segments, formed possibly by one or two transverse pore rows, and are followed by the costae outline. Costae are normally obscured at strictures. One transverse depressed row is present on the central part of each abdominal and post-abdominal segment. Lateral outline of the test strongly lobulated at segmental division levels. Chambers gradually increasing in length and width distally. Distal margin ragged, having, or not, small costal projections.
REMARKS
Dictyomitra
sp. 2 differs from both
D. multicostata
Zittel, 1876
and
D. formosa
Squinabol, 1904
by the transverse depression in the central part of each abdominal and post-abdominal segment. Likewise,
D. formosa
normally presents the first postabdominal segment inflated, producing a kind of ledge neck, and does not have constrictions at the apical (proximal) region.
Dictyomitra multicostata
has slighter constrictions. This species presents some similarities to
Dictyomitra
sp. 2, recorded by Aumond
et al.
(2009) from Maastrichtian strata of ODP Hole 1001B, but it has segments more angular in outline.