Paracypris eniotmetos Nicolaidis & Piovesan, 2013

Antonietto, Lucas Silveira, Carmo, Dermeval Aparecido do, Viviers, Marta Claudia, Neto, João Villar Queiroz & Hunt, Gene, 2016, Ostracoda (Arthropoda, Crustacea) from the Riachuelo Formation, Sergipe-Alagoas Basin, Brazil, Upper Aptian-Albian, European Journal of Taxonomy 244, pp. 1-57 : 19-20

Paracypris eniotmetos Nicolaidis & Piovesan, 2013

Fig. 6C

Paracypris eniotmetos Nicolaidis & Piovesan, 2013: 244 , fig. 3.10a–e.

Paracypris aff. mdaouerensis Bassoullet & Damotte, 1969 – Viviers et al. 2000: 418, figs 10.16, 10.21– 10.22.

Paracypris sp. P3 – Viviers et al. 2000: 418, figs 10.10–10.11.

New material examined

BRAZIL: 1-US-1 well, Laranjeiras Municipality, Sergipe State (depths of 300, 390, 804 and 831 m); Estre outcrop, Rosário do Catete Municipality, Sergipe State (sample MP-1423), approximate coordinates 10°41' S, 37°02'W; Fazenda Santa Bárbara outcrop, Rosário do Catete Municipality, Sergipe State (sample MP-1420), approximate coordinates 10°39' S, 37°01' W; Massapê outcrop, Riachuelo Municipality, Sergipe State (samples MP-1514, MP-1515, MP-1517 to MP-1521, MP-1531 and MP- 1545 to MP-1547), approximate coordinates 10°06' S, 37°10' W; P384 outcrop, Riachuelo Municipality, Sergipe State (samples MP-1497, MP-1506 and MP-1511 to MP-1513), approximate coordinates 10°43' S, 37°12' W; Penha outcrop, Riachuelo Municipality, Sergipe State (samples MP-1449 to MP- 1453, MP-1456, MP-1457 and MP-1459), approximate coordinates 10°42' S, 37°13' W; Porto dos Barcos 3 outcrop, Riachuelo Municipality, Sergipe State (samples MP-1460 to MP-1466 and MP-1468 to MP-1472), approximate coordinates 10°43' S, 37°10' W; São José 1 outcrop, Riachuelo Municipality, Sergipe State (samples MP-1550 to MP-1555, MP-1557 to MP-1568, MP-1570 to MP-1577, MP-1680 and MP-1695 to MP-1697), approximate coordinates 10°44' S, 37°13' W.

Type locality and stratum

PAB-15 well at a depth of 1029 m, Espírito Santo Basin, Espírito Santo State, Brazil; São Mateus Formation, Albian.

Measurements

Homeotype (CP-679): carapace: length = 0.67 mm, height = 0.30 mm, width = 0.20 mm.

Homeotype (CP-680): right valve: length = 0.58 mm, height = 0.24 mm.

Remarks

The diagnosis follows Piovesan et al. (2013), although no striate forms were observed in the present samples.

Paleoecology and distribution

Paracypris eniotmetos Nicolaidis & Piovesan, 2013 is a transitional to marine (shelf) species occurring in the following localities and stages: Potiguar Basin, Jandaíra Formation, Coniacian–Santonian ( Viviers et al. 2000); Santos Basin, Florianópolis, Juréia and Itanhaém Formations, Albian–lower Santonian; Espírito Santo Basin, São Mateus Formation, Albian ( Piovesan et al. 2013); Sergipe-Alagoas Basin, Angico and Taquari Members, Riachuelo Formation, upper Aptian–Albian, Aracajuia benderi zone (MSA-0), Harbinia sinuata ? (MSA-0.1), Praebythoceratina amsittenensis (MSA-0.3) and Reticulocosta edrianae (MSA-0.4) subzones ( Viviers et al. 2000); and in the present work, also in the Taquari and Maruim Members, Sergipella viviersae subzone (MSA-0.2) and Aracajuia antiqua zone (MSA-1), Brazil.