New Middle Ordovician pentaradiate diploporites from the southern Central Iberian Zone, Spain, show that Oretanocalix is an aristocystitid with fi ve ambulacra; all other aristocystitid genera have 2-4 ambulacra. The oral frame is composed of eight plates, with fi ve, facet-bearing, circumorals (COO) and three, non-facet-bearing, periorals (POO). This necessitates a new interpretation of the aristocystitid oral area. Previous interpretations assumed four COO and four POO. Weathered examples lack oral cover plates, show that CO1 and CO4 do not reach the peristome inner margin and reveal abundant diplopores covered by thin epistereom in life. Diplopores grew at plate sutures and were incorporated into both adjacent plates. The genus Batalleria is a sphaeronitid with food grooves that branched within the peristome. Branching refl ects Lovén's law and is: AR, BL, CR, DL, ER, where A-E denote Carpenter's ambulacra and L (left) and R (right) denote on which side the fi rst branch lies. Each branch has a separate ambulacral orifi ce. All other sphaeronitids have one ambulacral orifi ce per ambulacrum. Diagnoses of the genera Oretanocalix and Batalleria, and their type species O. murchisoni and B. batalleri, are revised. Oretanocalix julioi n. sp., from the Darriwilian of the Toledo Mountains, is the oldest representative of the genus.Resumen: Se presenta nuevo material de Oretanocalix y Batalleria, dos géneros de blastozoos diploporitos pentaradiados procedentes de la Zona Centroibérica meridional española. El primero se caracteriza por tener cinco ambulacros, en vez de los 2 a 4 conocidos en el resto de los aristocistítidos, y una teca con abundantes diploporos recubiertos por un epiestereoma delgado. En su zona oral se reconocen cinco placas circumorales (COO, con facetas) y tres periorales (POO, sin facetas), pero las placas CO1 y CO4, que soportan los ambulacros D y B, respectivamente, no alcanzan el margen interno del peristoma. Ello obliga a revisar la diagnosis de la familia Aristocystitidae, pues las interpretaciones previas consideraban el área oral formada por cuatro COO y cuatro POO. Por su parte, el género Batalleria es un esferonítido muy particular porque presenta surcos alimentarios ramifi cados dentro del peristoma, siguiendo el patrón de Lovén con la fórmula AR, BL, CR, DL, ER, más un orifi cio ambulacral separado para cada rama. Desde el punto de vista taxonómico se revisan también las especies atribuidas a ambos géneros, estableciéndose Oretanocalix julioi n. sp. como la forma más antigua, procedente de lutitas del Dobrotiviense basal (Darriwiliense superior bajo) de los Montes de Toledo centrales.
scite is a Brooklyn-based organization that helps researchers better discover and understand research articles through Smart Citations–citations that display the context of the citation and describe whether the article provides supporting or contrasting evidence. scite is used by students and researchers from around the world and is funded in part by the National Science Foundation and the National Institute on Drug Abuse of the National Institutes of Health.
customersupport@researchsolutions.com
10624 S. Eastern Ave., Ste. A-614
Henderson, NV 89052, USA
This site is protected by reCAPTCHA and the Google Privacy Policy and Terms of Service apply.
Copyright © 2024 scite LLC. All rights reserved.
Made with 💙 for researchers
Part of the Research Solutions Family.