Orbitolinids And Other Larger Benthic Foraminifera From The Aptian-Albian Of Tibet: Critical Discussion Of Some Recently Published Data
Author
SCHLAGINTWEIT, FELIX
Lerchenauerstr. 167, 80935 Munich, Germany
felix.schlagintweit@gmx.de
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Acta Palaeontologica Romaniae
2021
2021-09-09
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http://dx.doi.org/10.35463/j.apr.2022.01.03
journal article
10.35463/j.apr.2022.01.03
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Record of
Mesorbitolina parva
(
Douglass, 1960
)
(
Fig. 1A
)
Referred illustrations:
Mesorbitolina parva
, part of figure
8 in
BouDagher-Fadel et al. (2017)
.
Mesorbitolina parva
(
Douglass, 1960
)
has been described as
Orbitolina
(
Columnorbitolina
)
absidata
by
Zhang (1986)
from the Langshan Formation of the Lhasa Block. Here we make reference to a tiny image of “
Mesorbitolina parva
” included in Fig. 8 of
BouDagher-Fadel et al. (2017)
therein showing the stratigraphic ranges and assumed phylogenetic relationships (
Fig. 1A
). The specimen is here interpreted as an axial section of
Praeorbitolina cormyi
perpendicular to the median plane comparable to those illustrated by
Bosselini et al. (1999
, fig. 5a and
5g
) from the early Aptian of
Ethiopia
(
Fig. 1
B-C), or own material from
Iran
(
Fig. 1
D-E). It shows a subdivided subembryonic zone overlain by protoconch and deuterconch; a supraembryonic zone is seemingly lacking. The regular presence of short partitions at the top of the deuteroconch (not well discernible) would indicate
Praeorbitolina claveli
Schlagintweit et al.
This example and the following ones give evidence that the established ranges partly include incorrect determinations too.