Tozerium

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 : 516

Tozerium sp. A

( Fig. 9S, T )

OCCURRENCE. — Lower Jurassic, lower Lower Pliensbachian of Orbuklukeli section, Mersin Mélange, NW of Mersin city, southern Turkey.

DESCRIPTION

Cortical shell small, subsphaerical with four strong spines. It composed of small, polygonal pore frames (mainly triangular) with small, circular nodes at pore frame vertices. Primary spines tetrahedrally disposed, strong, tricarinate with prominent ridges and shallow grooves. They are slightly decreasing in width distally and very slightly dextrally twisted.

REMARKS

This taxon differs from Tozerium orbuklukeliense Tekin , n. sp. by having tricarinate and slightly dextrally twisted spines instead of needle-like spines.

Figures

FIG. 9. — Photomicrographs of the radiolarians from the Orbuklukeli section: A-E, Orbiculiformella pulchra Tekin, n. sp.; A, Holotype, Orbuk-32; B-E, Paratypes; B, Orbuk-31; C-E, Orbuk-32; F-G, Orbiculiformella? trispina trispina (Yeh, 1987), Orbuk-32; H, Orbiculiformella sp. A, Orbuk-27; I, Danubea sp. A, Orbuk-27; J-L, Charlottea elegantissima Tekin, n. sp.; J, Orbuk-32, Holotype; K-L, Paratypes; K, Orbuk-27; L, Orbuk-32; M, N, Charlottea johnsoni Whalen & Carter in Carter, Whalen & Guex, 1998, Orbuk-32; O, Charlottea sp. A sensu Whalen & Carter (2002), Orbuk-41; P-R, Tozerium orbuklukeliense Tekin, n. sp.; P, Holotype, Orbuk-32; Q-R. Paratypes; Q, Orbuk-32; R, Orbuk-31; S-T, Tozerium sp. A; S, Orbuk-41; T, Orbuk-44; U, Ferresium sp. cf. F. teekwoonense Carter, 1993, Orbuk-15; V, Palaeosaturnalis blomei Kozur & Mostler, 1990, Orbuk-32; W, Palaeosaturnalis liassicus Kozur & Mostler, 1990, Orbuk-38; X, Palaeosaturnalis schaafi Kozur & Mostler, 1990, Orbuk-38; Y, Palaeosaturnalis subovalis Kozur & Mostler, 1990, Orbuk-38. Scale bar: A-E, 200 µm; F-H, 170 µm; I, 80 µm; J-L, P-R, 120 µm; M-O, S-U, 150 µm; W, X, 220 µm.