Kindlella bellsundi Olempska & Błaszyk, 1996

Tarnac, Anaëlle, Forel, Marie-Béatrice, Nestell, Galina, Nestell, Merlynd & Crasquin, Sylvie, 2021, Middle Permian ostracods (Crustacea) from the Guadalupe Mountains, West Texas, USA, European Journal of Taxonomy 770, pp. 1-60 : 14-15

Kindlella bellsundi Olempska & Błaszyk, 1996

Fig. 4P–Q

Kindlella bellsundi Olempska & Błaszyk, 1996: 11–12 , pl. 2 figs 3–4, pl. 3 figs 1–4.

Material examined

USA • 1 right valve; Guadalupe Mountains , West Texas, ‘ McKittrick Canyon’ Member , Bell Canyon Formation , MKCS1 section, sample 4 (GM5); Capitanian, Middle Permian; MNHN.F. F63380 • 1 right valve; same locality as for preceding; Capitanian, Middle Permian; MNHN.F. F63381 .

Remarks

The specimens have a transitional morphology between Kindlella Sohn, 1954 and Kellettina Swartz, 1936 . They have the carapace outline and characters of Kindlella and lobes overpassing the DB as in Kelletina.

Occurrence

West Spitzbergen, Norway, Wuchiapingian, Late Permian ( Olempska & Błaszyk 1996); sample 4 (GM5), MKCS1 section, ‘McKittrick Canyon’ Member, Bell Canyon Formation, Guadalupe Mountains, West Texas, USA, Capitanian, Middle Permian (this work).

Figures

Fig. 4 (next page). SEM micrographs of ostracods from the Middle Permian (Roadian, Quarry section, samples GM1, GM2, and GM4; Capitanian, MKCS1 section, samples 4 (GM5) and sample 2 (GM6)) of the Guadalupe Mountains (West Texas, USA). All specimens are temporarily housed in the collections of the Muséum national d’histoire naturelle, Paris, France (MNHN). A–C. Healdia mckittrickensis Crasquin sp. nov. A. Holotype, right lateral view of a carapace, sample 4 (GM5) (MNHN.F.F63365). B. Paratype, right lateral view of a carapace, sample GM1 (MNHN.F.F63366). C. External view of a right valve, sample 4 (GM5) (MNHN.F.F63367). – D–F. Healdia cutoffella Crasquin sp. nov. D. Holotype, right lateral view of a carapace, sample GM4 (MNHN.F.F63368). E. Paratype, external view of a left valve, sample GM1 (MNHN.F.F63369). F. External view of a left valve, sample GM4 (MNHN.F.F63370). –G–I. Sulcella mesopermiana Kozur, 1991.G. External view of a left valve, sample GM1 (MNHN.F.F63371). H. Left lateral view of a carapace, sample 2 (GM6) (MNHN.F.F63372). I. External view of a left valve, sample GM2 (MNHN.F.F63373). – J. Kirkbyidae gen. et sp. indet., right lateral view of a carapace, sample 4 (GM5) (MNHN.F.F63374). – K–L. Amphissites centronotus (Ulrich & Bassler, 1906).K. External view of a right valve, sample GM1 (MNHN.F.F63375).L. External view of a right valve, sample GM1 (MNHN.F.F63376). – M. Polytylites? sp., external view of a left valve, sample GM4 (MNHN.F.F63377). – N. Kindlella fissiloba Sohn, 1954, external view of a right valve, sample GM1 (MNHN.F.F63378). – O. Kindlella sp., external view of a left valve, sample GM1 (MNHN.F.F63379). – P–Q. Kindlella bellsundi Olempska & Błaszyk, 1996. P. External view of a right valve, sample 4 (GM5) (MNHN.F.F63380). Q. External view of a right valve, sample 4 (GM5) (MNHN.F.F63381) – R. Kirkbya sp., external view of a right valve, sample GM1 (MNHN.F.F63382). Scale bars: 100 µm.