Russoella parthica, Barattolo & Abad & Introduction, 2014

Barattolo, Filippo, Abad, Morteza Taherpour Khalil & Introduction, Mehdi Ashrafi, 2014, Dasycladalean Fossil Green Algae From The Maastrichtian-Paleocene Of Balkh Province (N Afghanistan), Acta Palaeontologica Romaniae 10 (1 - 2), pp. 1-2 : 88

Russoella parthica n. sp.

Fig. 4 ; Fig. 5 a-k, l (left specimen), m-n; Fig. 7

Origin of the name: from Parthia, historical region of the Arsacid dynasty, rulers of the Parthian Empire (247 BC – 224 AD).

Holotype: Specimen in equatorial oblique section drawn in Fig. 4 d and figured in Fig. 5 d . Thin section BA.4250 (= S4 )

Paratypes: Specimens from the thin section S4 (= BA.4250), illustrated in Figs. 4 a-c, e and Figs. 5 a-c, e- n .

Depository: The material is deposited at the Dipartimento di Scienze della Terra dell’Ambiente e delle Risorse, University of Naples Federico II (F. Barattolo collection).

Figures

Fig. 4 Russoella parthica n. sp., middle-late Maastrichtian, Balkh province (N Afghanistan), sample S4 (= BA.4250); a-e drawing of specimens in various sections.

Fig. 5 Russoella parthica n. sp. a-c, e-k, l (left specimen), m-n paratypes; d holotype, middle-upper Maastrichtian; a-g, equatorial to transversal sections, h-i, respectively oblique and axial sections, j-n, tangential and marginal oblique sections. o-p Terquemella sp., oblique, not centered sections, middle-upper Maastrichtian. l (right specimen), q, r Terquemella sp.; l (right specimen), oblique section; q, r, respectively axial or tangential and transversal sections, middle-upper Maastrichtian. s, t Jodotella cf sloveniaensis Deloffre & Radoičić, oblique sections, Paleocene. u, v Terquemella globularis Elliott, axial and tangential sections respectively, lower Maastrichtian. Thin sections: a-r: S4 (= BA.4250), s, t: Sh6 (= BA.4258), u, v: T13 (= BA.4244). Locality: environs of Kholm (N Afghanistan). Scale bar: a-c, e-r = same of d; v= same of u.

Fig. 7 Comparative reconstruction of Russoella radoiciciae Barattolo (a, b) and Russoella parthica n. sp. (c, d); a, c, axial sections, b, d, equatorial sections.