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
text
Zootaxa
2016
4068
1
1
78
journal article
10.11646/zootaxa.4068.1.1
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1175-5326
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Punctoprimitia
? sp. indet.
2013
Punctoprimitia
? sp. indet.; Maillet: 82.
Material.
2 specimens
(
2 V
).
Description.
Medium-sized preplete and inflated carapace. Overlap not observed. Hmax slightly anterior; Lmax almost median; Wmax almost median. Straight dorsal margin and straight hinge line. Well rounded free margins, regularly convex. Anterior part of the carapace wider than the posterior one. Mid-dorsal adductorial sulcus. Surface smooth (?).
Discussion.
Two badly preserved specimens, assigned with doubt to the genus
Punctoprimitia
.
Occurrence.
Upper Givetian (Candás Fm, mb D), Asturias (Peran-Perlora section).