Aracajuia benderi Krömmelbein, 1967

Antonietto, Lucas Silveira, Carmo, Dermeval Aparecido do, Viviers, Marta Claudia, Neto, João Villar Queiroz & Hunt, Gene, 2016, Ostracoda (Arthropoda, Crustacea) from the Riachuelo Formation, Sergipe-Alagoas Basin, Brazil, Upper Aptian-Albian, European Journal of Taxonomy 244, pp. 1-57 : 36-37

Aracajuia benderi Krömmelbein, 1967

Fig. 6V

Aracajuia benderi Krömmelbein, 1967: 529 , figs 1, 2a–b, 3, 4a–c.

Aracajuia benderi – Musacchio & Simeoni 2008: 252, fig. 8. — Antonietto et al. 2013: 7, fig. 6a–r. Ostracoda sp. B – Krömmelbein 1966: 121, fig. 2a–c.

Amphicytherura aff. benderi –? Viviers et al. 2000: 427, figs 16.4–16.6.

Amphicytherura benderi – Viviers et al. 2000: 413, figs 16.1–16.3.

Amphicytherura sp. P3 – Viviers et al. 2000: 411, figs 16.11–16.14.

Amphicytherura sp. P4 –? Viviers et al. 2000: 411, figs 16.15–16.17.

New material examined

BRAZIL: 1-US-1 well, Laranjeiras Municipality, Sergipe State (depths of 690, 711, 720, 726, 741, 831 and 1161 m); 7-CP-252 well, Santo Amaro das Brotas Municipality, Sergipe State (depth of 493 m); Estre outcrop, Rosário do Catete Municipality, Sergipe State (sample MP-1423), approximate coordinates 10°41' S, 37°02' W; Fazenda Santa Bárbara outcrop, Rosário do Catete Municipality, Sergipe State (samples MP-1419, MP-1420), approximate coordinates 10°39' S, 37°01' W; P384 outcrop, Riachuelo Municipality, Sergipe State (samples MP-1496, MP-1497, MP-1500, MP-1504 and MP-1506 to MP- 1513), approximate coordinates 10°43' S, 37°12' W; Penha outcrop, Riachuelo Municipality, Sergipe State (samples MP-1449 to MP-1453 and MP-1455 to MP-1457), approximate coordinates 10°42' S, 37°13' W; Porto dos Barcos 3 outcrop, Riachuelo Municipality, Sergipe State (samples MP-1460 to MP- 1466, MP-1468 to MP-1472, MP-1474 to MP-1477, MP-1481 and MP-1482), approximate coordinates 10°43' S, 37°10' W; São José 1 outcrop, Riachuelo Municipality, Sergipe State (samples MP-1550 to MP-1561, MP-1563 to MP-1578, MP-1680 and MP-1694 to MP-1698), approximate coordinates 10°44' S, 37°13' W.

Type locality and stratum

Divina Pastora Municipality, Sergipe State, Brazil; Riachuelo Formation, Sergipe-Alagoas Basin, Albian.

Measurements

Homeotype (CP-711): ♀, carapace: length = 0.43 mm, height = 0.24 mm, width = 0.20 mm.

Remarks

The diagnosis follows Antonietto et al. (2013).

Paleoecology and distribution

Aracajuia benderi Krömmelbein, 1967 is a marine, shelf species occurring in the following localities and stages: Madiéla Formation, Gabon Basin, Upper Aptian–lower Albian, Gabon ( Krömmelbein 1966; Bertels 1977); Potiguar Basin, Açu Formation, middle Albian ( Viviers et al. 2000); and Angico Member, Riachuelo Formation, Sergipe-Alagoas Basin, uppermost Aptian–upper Albian, Aracajuia benderi zone (MSA-0) ( Krömmelbein 1967; Bertels 1977; Viviers et al. 2000; Musacchio & Simeoni 2008; Antonietto et al. 2013); in the present work, in addition to the Angico Member, it was also found in the Taquari Member, Brazil.