Saltite erichseni ( Harrington, 1938 )

Salas, María José & Vaccari, N. Emilio, 2012, New insights into the early diversification of the Ostracoda: Tremadocian ostracods from the Cordillera Oriental, Argentina, Acta Palaeontologica Polonica 57 (1), pp. 175-190 : 180

Saltite erichseni ( Harrington, 1938)

Fig. 4A–C .

Material.—Several pieces of rock with hundreds of internal and external moulds, and latex cast, including the figured specimens CEGH−UNC 21149–50, 23994. Specimens we have examined range from 0.68 mm to 1.20 mm in length.

Remarks.— Saltite erichseni ( Harrington, 1938) , from San Bernardo Formation, was described and reassigned generically on successive occasions by, Harrington (1938), Rossi de García and Proserpio (1976), and Schallreuter and Hinz−Schallreuter (2007). Additional material assigned to Saltite erichseni is illustrated here. The presence of four strong lobes in the valves, of which L3 is the strongest, and the slit−like sulci are diagnostic features of the species.

Stratigraphic and geographic distribution.—Known only from San Bernardo Formation in the Cerro San Bernardo, northwest Argentina. Tr3, A. murrayi Biozone.

Figures

Fig. 4. Late Tremadocian soanellid ostracods from the Cordillera Oriental Argentina. A–C. Saltite erichseni (Harrington, 1938). San Bernardo Formation from Cerro San Bernardo section. A. CEGH−UNC 21150, internal mould of left valve, lateral view. B. CEGH−UNC 21149, internal mould of right valve, lateral view. C. CEGH−UNC 23994, external mould of right valve, lateral view. D–H. Saltite kuraq sp. nov. Humacha Member of Santa Rosita Formation from Humacha section. D. CEGH−UNC 24004, internal mould of left valve, lateral view. E. Holotype CEGH−UNC 23999, internal mould of left valve, lateral view. F. CEGH−UNC 24000, internal mould of left valve, lateral view. G. CEGH−UNC 24002, external mould of left valve, lateral view. H. CEGH−UNC 24005, external mould of right valve, lateral view. Scale bars 100 µm.