Saitoum sp. aff. S. triumphense, 1977

Tekin, Kagan, Krystyn, Leopold, Okuyucu, Cengiz, Bedi, Yavuz & Sayit, Kaan, 2020, Late Triassic to Early Jurassic radiolarian, conodont and ammonite assemblages from the Tavuscayiri block, Mersin Mélange, southern Turkey: Time constraints for the T / J boundary and sedimentary evolution of the southern margin of the northern Neotethys, Geodiversitas 42 (27), pp. 493-537 : 528

Saitoum sp. aff. S. triumphense

Whalen & Carter in Carter, Whalen & Guex, 1998 ( Figs 12Y ; 13A )

aff. Saitoum triumphense – Whalen & Carter in Carter, Whalen & Guex, 1998: 68-69, pl. 17, figs 10-11, 14-15.

OCCURRENCE. — Lower Jurassic, lower Sinemurian of Mersin Mélange, NW of Mersin city, southern Turkey.

REMARKS

It differs from the holotype by having less-developed, rare and scattered pores on the surface of the test.

Figures

FIG. 12. — Photomicrographs of the radiolarians from the Orbuklukeli section; A, B, Canoptum rhaeticum Kozur & Mostler,1981, Orbuk-15;C, Canoptum striatum (Kozur & Mostler, 1990), Orbuk-27; D-J, Laxtorum breve Tekin, n. sp.; D, Holotype, Orbuk-32; E-J, Paratypes, Orbuk-32; K-L, Laxtorum obscurum Tekin, n. sp., K, Holotype, Orbuk-27; L, Paratype, Orbuk-27; M-N, Atalantria emmela (Cordey & Carter, 1996), Orbuk-32; O, Atalantria sp. A, Orbuk-27; P-Q, Pseudoeucyrtis

FIG. 13. — Photomicrographs of the radiolarians and conodonts from the Orbuklukeli section: A, Saitoum sp. aff. S. triumphense Whalen & Carter in Carter, Whalen & Guex, 1998, Orbuk-32; B, Saitoum sp. A, Orbuk-32; C-E, Katroma ninstintsi Carter in Carter, Cameron & Smith, 1988, Orbuk-46; F-G, Ares sutherlandi Whalen & Carter in Carter,Whalen & Guex,1998, Orbuk-32;H-I, Bipedis douglasi Whalen & Carter in Carter,Whalen & Guex,1998, Orbuk-32;J-L, Bipedis hannai Whalen & Carter in Carter, Whalen & Guex, 1998; J, Orbuk-27; K, L, Orbuk-32; M, Bipedis helenae Whalen & Carter in Carter, Whalen & Guex, 1998, Orbuk-27; N, Epigondolella sp. cf. E. postera Kozur & Mostler, 1971, Orbuk-2; O, Hindeodella sp., Orbuk-12; P, Misikella hernsteini (Mostler, 1967), Orbuk-9; Q-T, Misikella posthernsteini Kozur & Mock, 1974; Q-R, Orbuk-13, S, T, Orbuk-15; U, Misikella rhaetica Mostler, 1978, Orbuk-9; V-X, Misikella ultima Kozur & Mock, 1991, Orbuk-15. Scale bar: A-B, F-M, 100 µm; N-X, 150 µm; C-E, 180 µm.