A Late Miocene - Early Pliocene Paratethyan Type Ostracod Fauna From The Denizli Basin (Sw Anatolia) And Its Palaeogeographic Implications Author RAUSCH, LEA University of Bucharest, Faculty of Geology and Geophysics, Balcescu Bd. 1, 010041 Bucharest, Romania & Department of Animal Ecology and Systematics, Justus Liebig University, Giessen, Germany Author STOICA, MARIUS University of Bucharest, Faculty of Geology and Geophysics, Balcescu Bd. 1, 010041 Bucharest, Romania marius.stoica@g.unibuc.ro Author LAZAREV, SERGEI Paleomagnetic Laboratory Fort Hoofddijk, Department of Earth Sciences, Utrecht University, Budapestlaan 17, 3584 CD, Utrecht, the Netherlands text Acta Palaeontologica Romaniae 2020 2020-04-22 16 2 3 56 http://dx.doi.org/10.35463/j.apr.2020.02.01 journal article 10.35463/j.apr.2020.02.01 1842-371x 10520730 Loxoconcha ex. gr. petasa ssp. 2 Fig. 30 e-k Description. The outline of the carapace is slightly more compresed than L. petasa . The distinct irregular reticulation that is composed of meshes of different sizes is also present in this species, however in some cases, it is lacking in the posterior area of the valve. Instead, some high pronounced cone-shaped pores are randomly distributed along the posterior margin. Close to the posterodorsal-and posteroventral area two tubercles are displayed. They are covered by the primary broad-sized meshes and in some cases with another, finer appearing secondary ornamentation, especially visible in juvenile stages. Dimension: L = 0,45 – 0,69 mm, H = 0,27 – 0,40 mm, the minimum sizes include juveniles too. Remarks. This subspecies shows strong similarties to Loxoconha monticola ( Olteanu, 1989 ) that was described from the Dacian Basin. The presence of hollow tubercles that can be environmentally induced by salinity variations let us assume that this subspecies may very well be a morphotype of L. petasa .