Godia, Wu, 1986

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 : 113

Godia (?) lens Dumitrică n. sp.

Figs. 8o

Description. Shell lens-shaped, circular in face view, without equatorial spines. Skeleton apparently consists of many concentric layers, each layer with small nodes interconnected by thin bars forming a star-like structure with triangular meshes. On the central part of the holotype there is an irregular cercle of slightly bigger nodes and in its centre a few much bigger nodes.

Studied material. Only the illustrated specimen.

Holotype. Fig. 8o , OZ825, coll. MGP-PD, stub PD120 - OZ825- R12-16 .

Dimensions. Diameter 102 µm.

Etymology. From the Latin word lens = lens.

Remarks. Godia (?) lens Dumitrică n. sp. differs from the other species of this genus by having on all parts of shell a pseudoaulophacid structure, no equatorial spines and no peripheral irregular spongy skeleton, all its surface consisting of regular and small triangular meshes of relatively equal sizes.

Occurrence. Only in the upper Valanginian of the S’Ozzastru section.

Figures

Fig. 8. a - Becus coronatus Dumitrică n. sp., OZ839. b-f1, j - Becus triangulocentrum Dumitrică, b - OZ836; c - same, lateral view, d - OZ836. e, f - OZ825, f1 - lateral view of fig. f. g - Alievium regulare (Wu & Li), OZ836. h, i, k, l - Alievium rotundum Dumitrică n. sp.: h, specimen destroyed showing internal structure, OZ836; i - OZ836, k, l - holotype, OZ834. m - Alievium incomptum Dumitrică n. sp., OZ836. n - Godia (?) lenticulata Dumitrică n. sp., OZ834. o - Godia (?) lens Dumitrică n. sp., OZ825. p - Alievium eurasicum Dumitrică n. sp., OZ825. r - Microsandwichia plana (Hori), OZ834. s, t - Spumellarian gen. et sp. indet., OZ834. figs. c, e-h, k, m, r, t x250, figs. a, b, d, i, j, l, p, s x300; figs. n, o, t x400.