Droltus sp. aff. D. eurasiaticus Kozur & Mostler, 1990, 1982

Tekin, Kagan, Krystyn, Leopold, Okuyucu, Cengiz, Bedi, Yavuz & Sayit, Kaan, 2020, Late Triassic to Early Jurassic radiolarian, conodont and ammonite assemblages from the Tavuscayiri block, Mersin Mélange, southern Turkey: Time constraints for the T / J boundary and sedimentary evolution of the southern margin of the northern Neotethys, Geodiversitas 42 (27), pp. 493-537 : 520

Droltus sp. aff. D. eurasiaticus Kozur & Mostler, 1990 ( Fig. 11A, B )

aff. Droltus eurasiaticus – Kozur & Mostler 1990: 223, pl. 17, figs 3-4.

OCCURRENCE. — Lower Jurassic, lower Sinemurian of the Orbuklukeli section, Mersin Mélange, NW of Mersin city, southern Turkey.

REMARKS

This taxon differs from Droltus eurasiaticus by possessing a shorter and wider test.

Figures

FIG. 11. — Photomicrographs of the radiolarians from the Orbuklukeli section; A, B, Droltus sp. aff. D. eurasiaticus Kozur & Mostler, 1990, Orbuk-32; C, Droltus hecatensis Pessagno & Whalen, 1982, Orbuk-32; D-F, Droltus laseekensis Pessagno & Whalen, 1982, Orbuk-27; G-J, Trexus dodgensis Whalen & Carter in Carter, Whalen & Guex, 1998; G-H, Orbuk-27; I, J, Orbuk-32; K-O, Canoptum cephalobulbosum Tekin, n. sp.; K, Holotype, Orbuk-15; L-O, Paratypes, Orbuk-15; P, Canoptum columbiaense Whalen & Carter in Carter, Whalen & Guex, 1998, Orbuk-27; Q, Canoptum merum Pessagno & Whalen, 1982, Orbuk-15; R-U, Canoptum productum Tekin, n. sp.; R, Holotype, Orbuk-15; S-U, Paratypes, Orbuk-15; V-X, Canoptum rarum Tekin, n. sp.; V, Holotype, Orbuk-15; W-X, Paratypes, Orbuk-15. Scale bar: A, B, 200 µm; C, P, 120 µm; D-J, 100 µm; K-O, R-X, 80 µm.