Saitoum reticulatum, Dumitrica & Zügel, 2003

Dumitrica, Paulian & Zügel, Peter, 2003, Lower Tithonian mono- and dicyrtid Nassellaria (Radiolaria) from the Solnhofen area (southern Germany), Geodiversitas 25 (1), pp. 5-72 : 30

Saitoum sp. aff. S. reticulatum n. sp. ( Fig. 16E )

MATERIAL EXAMINED. — One specimen from sample Mue 22. OCCURRENCE. — Early Tithonian, Hybonotum Zone .

REMARKS

This specimen has the surface of the cephalis similar to that of S. reticulatum n. sp., but its feet are shorter, rather straight, and strongly diverging.

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.