Pokornyopsis? sp. 2

Fig. 13 D–E

Material examined

ROMANIA • 1 complete carapace; Black Sea, Romanian Continental Shelf, borehole 817LV, sample CM31A; Rhaetian, Upper Triassic; MNHN.F. F63319 • 1 complete carapace; same collection data as for preceding; Rhaetian, Upper Triassic; MNHN.F. F63320 .

Dimensions

LV (Fig. 13D): L = 289 µm; H = 258 µm.

RV (Fig. 13E): L = 228 µm; H = 203 µm.

Occurrence

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

Remarks

Pokornyopsis ? sp. 2 is close to Polycope ? or Thaumatocypris ? sp. from the Jurassic of Tethys (Oertli 1972: pl. 3, figs 39–42) in having a sharp and pointed outline of the rostrum. However, the ornamentation

of the present specimen is much stronger than in the Jurassic material. Furthermore, a postero-dorsal nodule is apparently present and relates the present specimen to the genus Pokornyopsis, which is not reported in Oertli (1972).