Droltus sanignacioensis Whalen and Carter, 2002

Cifer, Tim, Goričan, Špela, Gawlick, Hans-Jürgen & Auer, Matthias, 2020, Pliensbachian, Early Jurassic radiolarians from Mount Rettenstein in the Northern Calcareous Alps, Austria, Acta Palaeontologica Polonica 65 (1), pp. 167-207 : 189-190

Droltus sanignacioensis Whalen and Carter, 2002

Fig. 10G, H.

1990 Droltus (?) sp.; De Wever et al. 1990: pl. 4: 6.

1998 Droltus sp. ; Kashiwagi 1998: pl. 1: 12; pl. 2: 2, 3.

2001 Droltus galerus Suzuki, 1995 ; Gawlick et al. 2001: fig. 5: 14.

2002 Droltus sanignacioensis sp. nov.; Whalen and Carter 2002: 116, pl. 10: 7, 8. 15.

2003 Parahsuum sp. ; Kashiwagi and Kurimoto 2003: pl. 3: 5.

2006 Droltus sanignacioensis Whalen and Carter, 2002 ; Goričan et al. 2006: 140, pl. DRO08: 1–7.

2011 Droltus sanignacioensis Whalen and Carter, 2002 ; Yeh 2011: 8, pl. 2: 7–13.

Material.—Sample Rö37: stub Rö37_3 (two specimens); sample Rö416: stub Rö416_2 (two specimens); sample

Rö417: stub Rö417 (three specimens), Mount Rettenstein , Northern Calcareous Alps, Austria, Lower Pliensbachian .

Remarks.— Droltus galerus Suzuki, 1995 illustrated in Gawlick et al. (2001) is here assigned to Droltus sanignacioensis Whalen and Carter. Droltus galerus as defined by Suzuki (1995) has a shorter test and the pore frames on the distal half of the test are not aligned in rows.

Stratigraphic and geographic range.—Lower Pliensbachian Carter et al. 2010). Haida Gwaii (British Columbia, Canada), Baja California Sur, Northern Calcareous Alps ( Austria), Oman, Japan. Bajocian of east-central Oregon, USA ( Yeh 2011).