Paracypris sp. 1, Sars, 1866

Forel, Marie-Béatrice & Grădinaru, Eugen, 2020, Rhaetian (Late Triassic) ostracods (Crustacea, Ostracoda) from the offshore prolongation of the North Dobrogean Orogen into the Romanian Black Sea shelf, European Journal of Taxonomy 727, pp. 1-83 : 49-50

Paracypris cf. Paracypris sp. 1 in Lord & Lambourne 1991

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Material examined

ROMANIA • 1 complete carapace; Black Sea, Romanian Continental Shelf, borehole 817LV, sample CM31A; Rhaetian, Upper Triassic; MNHN.F. F63274 .

Dimensions

L = 404 µm; H = 135 µm; H/L = 0.41.

Occurrence

Romanian Continental Shelf, Black Sea, Rhaetian, Upper Triassic (this paper).

Remarks

The present species shares very close morphological proximity with Paracypris sp. 1 in Lord & Lambourne 1991 from the Pliensbachian, Early Jurassic, of the Western Pontides, Turkey ( Lord & Lambourne 1991): similar H/L ratio (0.41), low anterior maximum of curvature pointing downward, pointed PB at venter, oral concavity long, poorly expressed, located in anterior half of L max. The two specimens might be conspecific, but the Rhaetian specimen is smaller than the Jurassic one (L = 700 µm;

H = 289 µm) and might represent an immature stage. These two hypotheses can only be tested by more sampling in the two areas.

Figures

Fig. 10 (opposite page). SEM micrographs of ostracods from borehole 817 Lebăda Vest, drill core CM31, western portion of Black Sea shelf, Rhaetian, Late Triassic. All specimens are housed in the collections of the Muséum national d’histoire naturelle, Paris, France (MNHN). A–D. Petasobairdia amazonella Forel sp. nov. A. Right lateral view of a carapace, sample CM31A (MNHN.F.F63263). B. Holotype, external view of a left valve, sample CM31C (MNHN.F.F63264). C. Same specimen, inner view, square indicates the area enlarged in D. D. Line drawing of the adductor muscle scar field of the paratype marked in C. E. Rectonariidae gen. 1 in Forel et al. 2019, external view of a right valve, sample CM31C (MNHN.F.F63265). F–G. “Aglaiocypris” sp. F. Right lateral view of a carapace, sample CM31A (MNHN.F.F63266). G. Right lateral view of a carapace, sample CM31C (MNHN.F.F63267). H–N. Paracypris ovidi Forel sp. nov. H. Holotype, right lateral view of a carapace, sample CM31B (MNHN.F.F63268). I. Paratype 2, right lateral view of a carapace, sample CM31B (MNHN.F.F63269). J. Right lateral view of a carapace, sample CM31B (MNHN.F.F63270). K. Paratype 1, right lateral view of a carapace, sample CM31B (MNHN.F.F63271). L. Right lateral view of a carapace, sample CM31C (MNHN.F.F63272). M. Right lateral view of a carapace, sample CM31A (MNHN.F.F63273). N. Same specimen, dorsal view. O. Paracypris cf. Paracypris sp. 1 in Lord & Lambourne 1991, right lateral view of a carapace, sample CM31A (MNHN.F.F63274). P–Q. Paracypris sp. 1. P. Right lateral view of a carapace, sample CM31B (MNHN.F.F63275). Q. Right lateral view of a carapace, sample CM31C (MNHN.F.F63276).R–U. Paracypris sp. 2. R. Right lateral view of a carapace, sample CM31B (MNHN.F.F63277). S. Right lateral view of a carapace, sample CM31C (MNHN.F.F63278). T. Right lateral view of a carapace, sample CM31A (MNHN.F.F63279). U. Right lateral view of a carapace, sample CM31B (MNHN.F.F63280). Scale bars: 100 µm.