Pfendericonus globulus Sirel & Deceviler in Sirel et al. (2020)

Schlagintweit, Felix, 2022, Large Benthic Foraminifera Pfendericonus Globulus Sirel & Deceviler In Sirel Et Al., 2020 (Priabonian Of Turkey): A Junior Synonym Of Pfendericonus Mindanaoensis Matsumaru, 2017 (Thanetian? Of The Philippine Archipelago), Acta Palaeontologica Romaniae 18 (1), pp. 49-50 : 49

Pfendericonus globulus Sirel & Deceviler in Sirel et al. (2020)

Fig. 1 c-d

This species was described by Sirel & Deceviler in Sirel (2020) from the Priabonian of northwest Turkey. The description includes a subspherical (globular) test (diameter up to 1.2 mm), wedge-like chambers and “incomplete spur-like septa”. Other occurrences were reported from the early Oligocene of Turkey.

The following synonymy is adopted herein for Pfendericonus mindanaoensis :

Genus Pfendericonus Hottinger & Drobne, 1980 Type-species: Lituonella makarskae van Soest, 1942 Pfendericonus mindanaoensis Matsumaru, 2017

2016 Pfendericonus aff. makarskae van Soest – Serra-Kiel et al., p. 54, fig. 40.8-40.15.

*2017 Pfendericonus mindanaoensis n. sp. – Matsumaru, p. 146, pl. 4, figs. 8-9, 10-11 (as Chrysalidina sp. ).

2020 Pfendericonus globulus n. sp. – Sirel & Deceviler in Sirel et al., p. 12, fig. 5pars, fig. 6E-F, fig. 11A-J.

Figures

Fig. 1 a-b Pfendericonus mindanaoensis (from Matsumaru, 2017, pl. 4, fig. 11, figured as Chrysalidina sp. and pl. 4, fig. 8, holotype specimen) of Selandian or Thanetian age from the Island of Mindanao, Philippine Archipelago. c-d Pfendericonus globulus Sirel & Deceviler (from Sirel et al., 2020, fig. 11I and 11J) from the Priabonian of NW Turkey.