Givetian ostracods of the Candás Formation (Asturias, North-western Spain): taxonomy, stratigraphy, palaeoecology, relationship to global events and palaeogeographical implications
Author
Maillet, Sebastien
Author
Milhau, Bruno
Author
Vreulx, Michel
Author
Posada, Luis-Carlos Sánchez De
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Zootaxa
2016
4068
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journal article
10.11646/zootaxa.4068.1.1
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Cavellina
?
wahlensis
Coen, 1985
(Pl. II:
Fig. 6
)
1964 Ostracode indet. G5; Magne: pl. 19, figs. 62–63.
1982
Silenites
? sp. G Magne, 1964; Milhau: 21, pl. 4, fig. 102 1985
Cavellina
?
wahlensis
nov. sp.; Coen: pl. 5, figs. 9–10.
1988
Cavellina
?
wahlensis
Coen; Milhau: 485, pl. 55, fig. 22. 1988
Silenites
? sp. G Magne, 1964; Milhau: 487, pl. 56, fig. 46. 1993
Cavellina
?
wahlensis
Coen; Kasimi: pl. 16, fig. 27.
2013
Cavellina
?
wahlensis
Coen; Maillet: 84, pl. X, figs. 14–15. 2013
Cavellina
?
wahlensis
Coen; Casier
in
Casier & Préat: 488, pl. IV, fig. 3.
Material.
10 specimens
(6 C,
2 V
, 2 F).
Diagnosis.
Coen (1985, p. 17–18)
.
Description.
Medium-sized carapace with a sub-triangular rounded outline in lateral view. Carapace very flat in dorsal view. The larger RV slightly overlaps the LV on the whole outline. Hmax: median; Lmax: 1/3 ventral; Wmax: slightly ventral. Very arched and convex dorsal margin. Slightly concave ventral margin. Well rounded anterior and posterior margins, more convex ventrally. Anterior and posterior parts of the carapace symmetric. Surface smooth.
Discussion.
A questionable
Cavellina
with an atypical very flat and large carapace for this genus.
As
frequently seen in cavellinids, a sexual dimorphism is known in this species (see
Coen 1985
).
Occurrence.
Lower to Middle Givetian (Trois-Fontaines, Névremont and Mont d’Haurs Fms), Ardenne (Flohimont, Cul d’Houille, Jemelle and Aisemont sections), Middle Givetian (Candás Fm, mb B), Asturias (Peran- Perlora section); Givetian, Boulonnais.