Mictyoditra thiensis (Tan, 1927)

Dumitrica, Paulian, Dieni, Iginio & Massari, Francesco, 2022, Valanginian Radiolarians Of Ne Sardinia (Italy) In The Frame Of The Weissert Event, Acta Palaeontologica Romaniae 18 (2), pp. 97-159 : 143

Mictyoditra thiensis (Tan, 1927)

Figs. 14i, j

1927 Eucyrtidium thiensis Tan Sin Hok, 1927, p. 95 , pl. 11, fig. 95.

1981 Eucyrtidium thiensis Tan – Schaaf, p. 433, pl. 27, figs. 6a, b.

1997 Mictyoditra thiensis (Tan) – Dumitrică et al., p. 45, pl. 8, figs. 3, 8, 11, 13.

2014 Mictyoditra curvata Dumitrică – Robertson et al., fig. 10(A), 31.

Studied material. Two specimens in MGP-PD, stub PD120 - OZ836- R07-17 and OZ836- R08-01 .

Description. See Dumitrică et al., 1997, p. 45.

Remarks. The two illustrated specimens resemble rather well the specimens from Oman and the type specimen.

Range and occurrence. Berriasian - lower Valanginian of Masirah Island ( Oman), and upper Valanginian of Sardinia.

Figures

Fig. 14 a - Archaeodictyomitra conicoscalaris Dumitrică n. sp., OZ839. b, f - Archaeodictyomitra humerosa Dumitrică n. sp.: b - OZ834, f - OZ824. c - Archaeodictyomitra pumila Dumitrică n. sp., OZ834. d, e - Archaeodictyomitra conica (Aliev), OZ824. g - Thanarla cf. pulchra (Squinabol), OZ825. h - Thanarla pulchra (Squinabol), OZ839. i, j – Mictyoditra thiensis (Tan), OZ836. k - Archaeodictyomitra excellens (Tan), OZ839. l - Archaeodictyomitra sp., OZ836. m, n - Loopus nudus (Schaaf): m - OZ838, n - OZ834. o - Loopus cf. primitivus (Matsuoka & Yao), OZ834. p, p1, p2 - Svinitzium depressum (Baumgartner), p1, p2 - details of penultimate segmental band showing relic pores of parvicingulid type or other types, OZ824. Figs. r, t - Svinitzium (?) irregulare Dumitrică n. sp.: r - OZ 836, t - OZ834. s, u - Pseudodictyomitra cf. carpatica (Lozynyak): s - OZ834, u - OZ 824. Figs. b, n x250, the others x300.