Triploporella ? edgelli n. sp., a new Dasycladalean alga from the Lower Cretaceous of Lebanon |
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| Authors: | Sibelle Maksoud Bruno Granier Dany Azar |
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| Affiliation: | 1. Nanjing Institute of Geology and Palaeontology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Nanjing, People's Republic of China;2. Faculty of Science II, Fanar, Natural Sciences Department, Lebanese University, Lebanon;3. Département des Sciences de la Terre et de l'Univers, Faculté des Sciences et Techniques, Université de Bretagne Occidentale, Brest, France;4. Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, The University of Kansas, Kansas, USA |
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| Abstract: | The Dasycladalean assemblage of the Jezzinian strata (uppermost Barremian–lowermost Aptian) of Lebanon consists of two organo‐genera and eight genera with eleven species, including eight Triploporellaceae. Although Triploporella marsicana (Praturlon, 1964) was reported by Saint‐Marc from the same interval, it is not found in our material. However, a lookalike, which is herein described as Triploporella ? edgelli n. sp., is identified. This new species has cyst‐containers within the primary segments of its laterals but, because it lacks calcified secondary segments, it is left in open nomenclature. |
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| Keywords: | Bedoulian Cretaceous Dasycladales earliest Aptian Jezzinian regional stage late Barremian Salpingoporella Triploporella Triploporellaceae |
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