Praeudalia Tekin, 2020
publication ID |
https://doi.org/ 10.5252/geodiversitas2020v42a27 |
publication LSID |
urn:lsid:zoobank.org:pub:1A437774-B5BE-49F2-8DEF-D46F2790484A |
DOI |
https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.4494436 |
persistent identifier |
https://treatment.plazi.org/id/7F321497-E109-4829-94BB-64E5ABB41432 |
taxon LSID |
lsid:zoobank.org:act:7F321497-E109-4829-94BB-64E5ABB41432 |
treatment provided by |
Felipe |
scientific name |
Praeudalia Tekin |
status |
gen. nov. |
Genus Praeudalia Tekin , n. gen.
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TYPE SPECIES. — Praeudalia rhaetica Tekin , n. gen., n. sp.
ETYMOLOGY. — For the occurrence precedent to Udalia Whalen & Carter, 1998 .
OCCURRENCE. — Late Triassic, Rhaetian of Queen Charlotte Islands, British Columbia, Canada; El Castillo Mélange, Nicaragua / Costa Rica Border; NE of Antalya city and Mersin Mélange, NW of Mersin city, southern Turkey.
INCLUDED TAXA. — Praeudalia rhaetica Tekin , n. gen., n. sp., Spumellaria View in CoL gen. and sp. indet. A (sensu Tekin 2002b).
DESCRIPTION
Cortical shell includes Pseudoaulophacid structure composed of meshwork of equilateral, triangular pore frames with rounded nodes at vertices. Four spines about similar in length, wide at the base and tapering distally, with sharp ends. Spines coplanar and tetracarinate with very wide grooves adjacent to very narrow ridges.
REMARKS
This genus differs from Udalia (in Carter et al. 1998: 59) by having tetracarinate instead of tricarinate spines.
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Praeudalia Tekin
Tekin, Kagan, Krystyn, Leopold, Okuyucu, Cengiz, Bedi, Yavuz & Sayit, Kaan 2020 |
Praeudalia rhaetica
Tekin 2020 |
Spumellaria
Ehrenberg 1838 |