The distribution of the gondwanine ostracod <i>Rostrocytheridea</i> Dingle: palaeozoogeographical implications

Ballent, Sara; Whatley, Robin C.

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“…Throughout the Tithonian–early Cretaceous interval the Cytheroidea retain their dominance; however, data on relative abundance of each family are not yet comprehensive available. Nine species of Cytheruridae have been recorded in this paper and five species of Rostrocytheridea (Cytherideidae) have been described by Ballent and Whatley (2007); studies on other genera, such as ‘ Sondagella ’ and allies by the authors are in progress.…”

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“…This seaway corresponds to the commencement of the continental separation between Africa and South America (124 Ma), which created the South Atlantic and a small ocean basin off south‐east Africa (Natal Valley, see Dingle 1988) producing a Valanginian–Hauterivian influx of new species and an increase in population diversity. The coeval records of Procytherura brenneri, P. maculata and Eucytherura guillaumeae ( ex E. tuberculata Brenner and Oertli), as well as several species of Majungaella and Rostrocytheridea (Ballent et al 1998; Ballent and Whatley 2007) and foraminifers (Mcmillan 2003) in the Algoa Basin in South Africa and in the Neuquén Basin, western Argentina strongly support the existence of a southern Gondwana seaway.…”

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Taxonomy and Zoogeography of the Mesozoic Cytherurid Ostracoda From West‐central Argentina

Ballent¹,

Whatley²

2008

Palaeontology

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The status of thirty four species of the cytheroidean ostracod family Cytheruridae from the Neuquén Basin, west-central Argentina is reviewed. These species belong to the following nine genera: Eucytherura Müller, ranging in this study from Pliensbachian to Valanginian and represented by fourteen species; Kangarina Coryell and Fields, Aalenian-Bajocian, with a single species; Acrocythere Neale, Hauterivian, one species; Paranotacythere Bassiouni, Berriasian, two species; Procytherura Whatley, Pliensbachian to Hauterivian, twelve species; Cytheropteron Sars, Aalenian-Bajocian, one species: Eocytheropteron Alexander, Hauterivian, one species; Paradoxorhyncha Chapman, Aalenian-Bajocian, one species; and Paracytheridea Müller, Berriasian, one species. Of the three subfamilies of the Cytheruridae, the Cytherurinae, with thirty species are by far the most numerous and abundant throughout the study. The other two subfamilies, the Cytheropterinae are represented by three species and the Paracytherideinae by a single species of the nominative genus. Several of the species are very widely distributed geographically and have, for example, also been recorded from Europe; others indicate close links with South Africa and Australia. The stratigraphical ranges of certain genera have been extended as a result of this study. For example, Kangarina has not previously been recorded below the Cretaceous. The Cytheruridae are clearly the most diverse cytheroidean ostracodes in the Mesozoic of the Neuquén Basin and are more diverse than all other groups of ostracodes combined. Four new species, Eucytherura tessae, Eucytherura yunga, Procytherura amygdala and Eocytheropteron immodicus are described. Eucytherura guillaumeae nom. nov. for Eucytherura tuberculata Brenner and Oertli and Eucytherura paranuda nom. nov. for Eucytherura nuda (Brand) are proposed.

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Taxonomy and Zoogeography of the Mesozoic Cytherurid Ostracoda From West‐central Argentina

Ballent¹,

Whatley²

2008

Palaeontology

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“…A Campanian age for the upper part is shown by the incoming of Broinsonia parca 1 m below the top (Shafik 1990;Haig 2002). Evidence from ostracods (Ballent and Whatley 2007) suggests that the Gingin Chalk was a relatively warm water deposit (with a minimum at 10°C) laid down on a shallow shelf at a depth of about 100 m.…”

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The serpulid polychaete Rotulispira from the Late Cretaceous of Western Australia

McNamara

2023

Rec West Aust Mus

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Four species of the serpulid polychaete Rotulispira are described from Late Cretaceous strata in the Perth and Southern Carnarvon basins in Western Australia. New species described are Rotulispira glauerti sp. nov. and Rotulispira apiaria sp. nov., from late Santonian to early Campanian chalks, and Rotulispira protea sp. nov. from a late Maastrichtian marl. Rotulispira glauerti and R. apiaria sometimes formed a commensal relationship with the hydroid Protulophila gestroi Rovereto, 1901.This is the first record of hydroids from the Cretaceous of Australia. Distribution of the hydroids on the serpulid tubes, combined with the location of gastropod predatory incisions on R. protea, allow an assessment to be made of the likely life orientation of these species. Rotulispira protea is remarkable for the extremely high levels of phenotypic plasticity that it displays. Severe environmental stress is known to induce increased levels of phenotypic plasticity in living organisms. This phenomenon in Rotulispira suggests that severe environmental stress might have been a contributory factor in the end-Cretaceous mass extinction event.

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“…Pondoina is a genus characteristic of shallow and brackish waters (Dingle 1969). Rostrocytheridea is characteristic of coastal marine environments with warm water conditions (Ballent and Whatley 2007).…”

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Cretaceous–Lower Paleogene ostracods from the Pelotas Basin, Brazil

Ceolín

Fauth

Coimbra

2010

Palaeobio Palaeoenv

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A total of 479 samples from five drill-holes of the Pelotas Basin were analysed. Despite the huge number of samples, only 98 specimens were recovered, belonging to nine families, 21 genera and 34 species (most in open nomenclature). Due to the paucity and poor preservation of this material, just seven taxa were identified or tentatively identified at the species level: Cytherella cf. C. araucana Bertels, Cytherelloidea spirocostata Bertels, Bairdoppilata triangulata Edwards, Actinocythereis indigena Bertels, Brachycythere gr. sapucariensis Krömmelbein, Wichmannella araucana Bertels and Wichmannella meridionalis Bertels. Four taxa could not even be identified at the generic level and are referred as "gen. et sp. indet.". Trachyleberididae and Cytherellidae were the most diversified and abundant families while Cytherella and Paracypris were the most diversified genera, with seven and four species, respectively. The K-Pg boundary in the Pelotas Basin is marked by a faunal change with the local disappearance of the genera Cytherelloidea, Argilloecia, Cythereis, Brachycythere, Pondoina and Rostrocytheridea, and the first local occurrence of Neonesidea?, Bairdoppilata, Ambocythere, Buntonia, Langiella?, Trachyleberis and Krithe. The genera Cytherella, Paracypris, Wichmannella and Actinocythereis are recorded in the Cretaceous as well as the Paleogene. This faunal study suggests a neritic marine environment for the analysed interval.

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The distribution of the gondwanine ostracod Rostrocytheridea Dingle: palaeozoogeographical implications

Cited by 14 publications

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Taxonomy and Zoogeography of the Mesozoic Cytherurid Ostracoda From West‐central Argentina

Taxonomy and Zoogeography of the Mesozoic Cytherurid Ostracoda From West‐central Argentina

The serpulid polychaete Rotulispira from the Late Cretaceous of Western Australia

Cretaceous–Lower Paleogene ostracods from the Pelotas Basin, Brazil

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