Cincta numismalis ( Lamarck, 1819 )

Vörös, A., 2014, Early Jurassic brachiopods from diverse localities of northern Anatolia (Turkey), Fragmenta Palaeontologica Hungarica 31, pp. 7-49 : 42-43

Cincta numismalis ( Lamarck, 1819)

(Figs 110–112)

1926 Waldheimia numismalis Lam. – MOISSEIEV, Crimea, p. 980, pl. XXVIII, figs 31–33.

v 2011 Cincta numismalis ( Lamarck, 1819) – VÖRÖS & KANDEMIR, Eastern Pontides , p. 358, fig. 5/6 (cum syn.) .

Material – One moderately preserved specimen from Alacaatlı (Ankara area), probably Pliensbachian.

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INV 2014.128. 12.1 12.4 5.1 – Remarks – This species has a very characteristic, flat, lenticular shape and a marked ventral umbo, bordered by sharp beak ridges. C. numismalis was discussed in details by DELANCE (1974) and ALMÉRAS & FAURÉ (2000), who illustrated the rather wide morphological variability and cleared up its generic attribution. On this basis, the identification of our specimen, though it is rather small, seems to be confirmed. C. numismalis is a characteristic NW-European species, long-ranging from the late Sinemurian to the Pliensbachian. It was described and illustrated from the Balkans (Kotel) and Crimea and another localities of Turkey by AGER (1959 a) and VÖRÖS & KANDEMIR (2011).