Cetacella, Martin, 1958

Antonietto, Lucas Silveira, Carmo, Dermeval Aparecido do, Viviers, Marta Claudia, Neto, João Villar Queiroz & Hunt, Gene, 2016, Ostracoda (Arthropoda, Crustacea) from the Riachuelo Formation, Sergipe-Alagoas Basin, Brazil, Upper Aptian-Albian, European Journal of Taxonomy 244, pp. 1-57 : 19

Cetacella sp. 1

Fig. 6B

Cetacella GA D 25 – Grosdidier 1979: 8, fig. 53a–c.

New material examined

BRAZIL: 1-US-1 well, Laranjeiras Municipality, Sergipe State (depths of 750, 1110 and 1131 m); Massapê outcrop, Riachuelo Municipality, Sergipe State (samples MP-1517, MP-1534, MP-1544, MP- 1545 and MP-1547), approximate coordinates 10°06' S, 37°10' W.

Measurements

Hypotype (CP-734): right valve: length = 0.73 mm, height = 0.42 mm.

Remarks

The generic diagnosis follows Martin (1958). Cetacella GA D 25 in Grosdidier (1979) also belongs to this species.

Paleoecology and distribution

Cetacella sp. 1 is a marine, shelf species occurring in the following localities and stages: Madiéla Formation, Gabon Basin, Gabon, upper Aptian–lower Albian ( Grosdidier 1979). In the present work: Maruim Member, Riachuelo Formation, Sergipe-Alagoas Basin, Brazil, uppermost Aptian–Albian, Aracajuia benderi (MSA-0) – Sergipella viviersae (MSA-0.2) and Metacytheropteron sp. aff. M. sp. GA C 24 (MSA-0.5) subzones – and Aracajuia antiqua (MSA-1) zones.