Gastropods from the Cretaceous-Palaeogene boundary in Denmark
Author
Hansen, Thomas
text
Zootaxa
2019
2019-08-12
4654
1
1
196
journal article
26049
10.11646/zootaxa.4654.1.1
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1175-5326
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Genus
Dzikella
Kaim, 2004
Type
species.
Dzikella trammeri
Kaim, 2004
(
type
by original designation).
Early Cretaceous
,
Poland
.
Remarks.
Kiel (2006
: p. 459) noted a close resemblance between this genus and
Metacerithium
treated above and suggested that they are if not congeneric then at least closely related. The taxon described below shows similarities to both genera, but is tentatively assigned
Dzikella
based on its close resemblance to
D. chuzikensis
Kaim, Beisel & Kurushin, 2004
. The fragmentary nature of the new material, though, does not allow for a better understanding of the phylogenetic relationship between the two genera, and the status of
Dzikella
as a distinct genus or junior subjective synonym of
Metacerithium
can thus not be solved here.