Catherinum anglicum, Gale, 2016
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https://doi.org/ 10.1111/zoj.12321 |
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https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.7314181 |
persistent identifier |
https://treatment.plazi.org/id/03D63555-CC32-0D7A-5324-FD25BA79602A |
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Marcus |
scientific name |
Catherinum anglicum |
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sp. nov. |
CATHERINUM ANGLICUM SP. NOV.
FIGURE 19C–K, N–Q, T, V View Figure 19
Diagnosis
Catherinum in which the occludent margin of the tergum is straight, and the external surface adjacent to this carries three ribs that diverge from the umbo. The upper part of the upper latus margin of the scutum is embayed. The carinolatus has a very broad upper latus margin.
Derivation of name
After East Anglia , in which the type material was collected .
Material
Fifty valves, including carinae, scuta, terga, and carinolatera, from the upper Campanian , Belemnitella mucronata zone chalk of Keswick and Cringleford Newfound Farm pits, Norwich, Norfolk, UK. The scutum illustrated is the holotype ( Figure 19O View Figure 19 ) , and the other illustrated valves are paratypes.
Description
The carina ( Fig. 19E, I, P, T, V View Figure 19 ) is gently incurved towards the tergum, and the parietes are of even width; intraparietes are not developed. The tectal ridges are robust and broad ( Fig. 19E, T View Figure 19 ), and the tectal surface between these is slightly convex. The tergum ( Fig. 19Q View Figure 19 ) is elongated and triangular, and the carinal margin is slightly convex. Three radial ridges run from the umbo, subparallel with the occludent margin. The scuta ( Fig. 19J, K, N, O View Figure 19 ) are concavo–convex, trapezoidal, and the umbo is pointed and incurved; the upper latus margin has a distinctive concavity just beneath the tergal–upper latus angle. A narrow groove runs parallel with the occludent margin. On the interior of the valve, a deep, oval dwarf male receptacle lies between the apex and the scutal adductor scar. The carinolatus ( Fig. 19C, D, F–H View Figure 19 ) has a low, incurved umbo, and a tall carinal margin. The long, straight upper latus and inframedian latus margins are set at right angles. The plate is very typical of Catherinum of the Ca. hispidum ( Fig. 19A, B View Figure 19 ) and Ca. striolatum ( Fig. 7P, Q View Figure 7 ) type.
Remarks
Catherinum anglicum sp. nov. is perhaps closest to the extant Ca. hispidum from the Norwegian Sea. The carinae are very similar indeed, both carrying very broad, robust tectal ridges ( Fig. 19I, S, T View Figure 19 ), and with shallow short grooves for articulation with the carinolatus in the interior ( Fig. 19U, V View Figure 19 ). The terga are similar in shape, but the scutal margin is convex in Ca. hispidum and straight in Ca. anglicum sp. nov. Three divergent ribs run from the umbo, adjacent to the occludent margin in Ca. anglicum sp. nov., but these are absent in the living species ( Fig. 19Q, R View Figure 19 ). The scuta both possess an incurved umbo, and a large, deep pit for dwarf males ( Fig. 19J–O View Figure 19 ), which is directed slightly more transversely in Ca. hispidum . The carinolatera are similar in shape ( Fig. 19A–D, F–H View Figure 19 ), but the tergal margin is longer in Ca. anglicum sp. nov. It can be distinguished from small carinae of Diotascalpellum fossula by the absence of intraparietes. A further undescribed species of Catherinum is present in the Norwich chalk assemblage; this will be named subsequently.
This is a very small species: the scuta have a maximum height of 2 mm, and the total height of the individuals was probably not more than 5 mm. It was possibly attached to living crustaceans or pycnogonids, by analogy with the small extant species Weltnerium nymphocola ( Hoek, 1883) and Verum brachiumcancri Weltner (see Buhl-Mortensen & Høeg, 2012).
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