Cirpa kiragliae Ager, 1959

Vörös, A., 2014, Early Jurassic brachiopods from diverse localities of northern Anatolia (Turkey), Fragmenta Palaeontologica Hungarica 31, pp. 7-49 : 19

Cirpa kiragliae Ager, 1959

(Figs 14–16)

* 1959 a Cirpa kiragliae Ager , n. sp. – AGER, Turkey, p. 1019, text-fig. 2, pl. 128, fig. 2.

v 2014 Cirpa cf. kiragliae Ager, 1959 – VÖRÖS, Yakacik, p. 236, pl. I, fig. 6.

Material – Two moderately preserved specimens from Kösrelik Kızığı (Ankara area), loose, from Sinemurian to Pliensbachian interval.

Measurements –

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INV 2014.96. 14.4 15.3 9.4 6.4 Remarks – This is a rather coarsely costate species of the genus Cirpa , which differs from the typical species by its less convex valves and the absence or weak development of the anterior flattening. It has 11 ribs, five of which are in the uniplication. C. kiragliae was described by AGER (1959 a) from Yakacik ( Turkey) and was recorded recently from the same locality by the present author ( VÖRÖS 2014). Both authors discussed the relationships of C. kiragliae to other species of Cirpa . C. kiragliae seems to be endemic for Turkey (northern Anatolia).