Glossary

Higher Levels

Family Acetabulariaceae

Tribe Clypeineae

Genus Actinoporella

Same Level (Other Species)

Species A. fragilis

Species A. ? geredeensis

Species A. jaffrezoi

Species A. ? krymensis

Species A. lucasi

Species A. nigra

Species A. podolica

Species A. ? silvaeregis

Actinoporella nigra (CONRAD et PEYBERNÈS 1978) GRANIER 1995

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Acetabulariaceae (Clypeineae)

Type

Holotype (CONRAD & PEYBERNÈS, 1978: Pl. II, fig. 3): thin section Stratech 4-11, U.P.S.T., Paul Sabatier University, Toulouse (France)

This figure (by courtesy of A. ARNAUD-VANNEAU) does not represent the holotype.

Type Locality

Stratech (Bulgaria)

Stratum Typicum

Lower Aptian (« Urgo-Aptien »)

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Synonymy

1977 - Clypeina sp. 1.- CONRAD & PEYBERNÈS, Fig. 6

1978 - Clypeina nigra n. sp.- CONRAD & PEYBERNÈS, Pl. 2, fig. 1-5

1979 - Clypeina nigra.- PEYBERNÈS et alii, Pl. 3, fig. 4

1980 - Clypeina nigra.- ARNAUD-VANNEAU , Pl. 112, fig. 1-3

1995 - Actinoporella nigra n. comb.- GRANIER, p. 114-115, Pl. 3, fig. 2-3, from ARNAUD-VANNEAU (1980 : Pl. 112, fig. 2-3) ; Pl. 3, fig. 1 & 4

1996 - Actinoporella nigra.- KIRMACI et alii, Pl. 3, fig. 9-10

Original Diagnosis

« ... » (Conrad & PEYBERNÈS, 1978).

Amended Diagnosis

« Small Actinoporella species with an articuled main axis bearing close-set whorls; branches consisting of a vestibule followed by a vesicular to short club-shaped secondary and surrounded by an open pore on one side of the whorl and an "excrescence" on the opposite side; vesicular secondaries perpendicular to the main axis and closed at their distal part; calcareous sheath consisting of microgranular calcite wall with common occurrence of translucent fibrous calcite layer inward (in relation to epitaxial overgrowth). » (GRANIER 1995).

Geographic Distribution

Bulgaria (Conrad & PEYBERNÈS 1978, PEYBERNÈS et alii 1979), Spain (GRANIER 1995), France (Conrad & PEYBERNÈS 1977, Arnaud-Vanneau 1980, GRANIER 1995), Turkey (KIRMACI et alii 1996)

Stratigraphic Range

Late Barremian – Early Aptian (Conrad & PEYBERNÈS 1977, KIRMACI et alii 1996), Early Aptian (Conrad & PEYBERNÈS 1978, PEYBERNÈS et alii 1979, Arnaud-Vanneau 1980, GRANIER 1995)

Remarks

None

Main References

Conrad, M.A., & PeybernÈs, B. (1978) -        
Sur quelques Dasycladales de l'Urgo-Aptien du Prébalkan bulgare. Compte Rendu des Séances de la Société de Physique et d'Histoire naturelle de Genève, NS, vol. 12 (1977), fasc. 2-3, p. 69-83, 2 pl. (I-II).

GRANIER, B. (1995) -   
The genus Actinoporella (GÜMBEL in ALTH, 1881) and its representatives. A review. In : PILLER, W.E. (ed.), Proceedings of the International Symposium and Field-Meeting « Alpine Algae ' 93 ». Beiträge zur Paläontologie, Vienna, N° 19 (1994), p. 113-127, 3 pl. (1-3).

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