Hollinella (Hollinella) herrickana (Girty, 1909)

(Fig. 5G1-G3)

Hollina herrickana Girty, 1909: 115, pl. 8, figs 10, 11. Hollinella herrickiana [sic] – Kellett 1929: 197; 1934: 626. — Delo 1930: 156, pl. 12, fig. 4. — Bassler & Kellett 1934: 333.

Hollinella tuberculata – Belousova 1965: 254, pl. 46, figs 2a-c.

Hollinella (Hollinella) herrickana – Bless & Jordan 1972: 38, 39. — Lethiers et al. 1989: 230, pl. 1, figs 2-4. — Crasquin-Soleau et al. 1999: pl. 2, fig. 5. — Chitnarin et al. 2012: 828, fig. 19E, F.

MATERIAL EXAMINED. — Six complete carapaces, MNHN.F. F72179- F72181, three specimens without barcode.

OCCURRENCES. — Cisuralian, Yeso Formation, New Mexico (United States); Texas (United States), Late Carboniferous (Girty 1909; Kellett 1929; Delo 1930; Bassler & Kellett 1934); Caucasus (Russia), Lopingian (Belousova 1965). Late Guadalupian, Merbah el Oussif unit, Jebel Tebaga, Tunisia, (Lethiers et al. 1989). Guadalupian, Khuff Formation, Sultanate of Oman, (Crasquin-Soleau et al. 1999). Cisuralian, Khao Kana section, Pha Nok Khao Formation, Phetchabun Province, Central Thailand, (Chitnarin et al. 2012). Khachik Formation Unit VI (samples A. 151, A. 158, A. 188, A. 210 and A. 238), Guadalupian, Ali-Bashi section, Iran (this study).

DIMENSIONS. — L = 82.0-98.3 µm; H = 40.5-65.8 µm; H/L = 0.49-0.66.

DESCRIPTION

Straight-hinged reticulated carapace with two large lobes. L1 connected with ventral lobe, L2 quite well expressed, L3 bulbous overpassing DB; velate structure large; here the reticulation and punctuation of Thai specimens are not observable (Chitnarin et al. 2012).