Saitoum pagei Pessagno, 1977

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Saitoum pagei Pessagno, 1977 ( Fig. 16A, B )

Saitoum pagei Pessagno, 1977a: 98 , pl. 12, figs 11- 14. — Kocher 1981: 89, pl. 16, figs 2, 3. — De Wever & Caby 1981: pl. 2, fig. H. — Baumgartner 1984: 783, pl. 8, fig. 12. — Baumgartner et al. 1995: 486, pl. 3020, figs 1-4. — Kiessling 1995: pl. 61, fig. 15, non fig. 16. — Yao 1997: pl. 8, fig. 353.

Saitoum aff. pagei – Gorican 1987: 186, pl. 2, fig. 2.

MATERIAL EXAMINED. — Five specimens from sample Mue 22.

OCCURRENCE. — Late Bajocian to early Tithonian according to Baumgartner et al. (1995). Worldwide.

REMARKS

The specimens from sample Mue 22 are complete, preserving the apical horn and a velum-like structure descending from the distal rim of the cephalis.

Figures

FIG. 16. — A, B, Saitoum pagei Pessagno, 1977; A, dorsal view showing slight constrictions along arches Al; B, right lateral view showing remnants of velum; C, D, Saitoum reticulatum n. sp.; C, holotype, left lateral view showing remnants of velum; D, paratype, right lateral view; E, Saitoum sp. aff. S. reticulatum n. sp., right lateral view; F-H, Saitoum virgulispina n. sp., holotype, right lateral, ventral, and basal views respectively; I, J, Saitoum sp. A, right lateral and basal views; K, L, Saitulpus neojurassicus n. gen., n. sp.; K, holotype, left lateral view; L, paratype, dorsal view. Abbreviations: A, apical spine; l, secondary lateral spine. Scale bars: 30 µm.