Aracajuia antiqua ( Rosenfeld & Raab, 1983 ) Antonietto & Carmo & Viviers & Neto & Hunt, 2016

Antonietto, Lucas Silveira, Carmo, Dermeval Aparecido do, Viviers, Marta Claudia, Neto, João Villar Queiroz & Hunt, Gene, 2016, Ostracoda (Arthropoda, Crustacea) from the Riachuelo Formation, Sergipe-Alagoas Basin, Brazil, Upper Aptian-Albian, European Journal of Taxonomy 244, pp. 1-57 : 34-36

Aracajuia antiqua ( Rosenfeld & Raab, 1983) comb. nov.

Fig. 8 G–I

Amphicytherura antiqua Rosenfeld & Raab, 1983: 96 , figs 2.1–2.2.

New material examined

BRAZIL: 1-US-1 well, Laranjeiras Municipality, Sergipe State (depths of 480, 510, 555 and 1140 m); Massapê outcrop, Riachuelo Municipality, Sergipe State (samples MP-1515 to MP-1522, MP-1530, MP-1534, MP-1538, MP-1540 to MP-1543, MP-1546 and MP-1547), approximate coordinates 10°06' S, 37°10' W.

Type locality and stratum

Kokhav-3 well, at a depth of 1454 m, Israel; Telamim Formation, Levantine Basin, Aptian.

Measurements

Homeotype (CP-709): ♀, left valve: length = 0.51 mm, height = 0.32 mm.

Homeotype (CP-710): ³, carapace: length = 0.50 mm, height = 0.26 mm, width = 0.24 mm.

Remarks

The diagnosis follows Antonietto et al. (2013) for the generic and Rosenfeld & Raab (1983) for the specific level.

Paleoecology and distribution

Aracajuia antiqua ( Rosenfeld & Raab, 1983) comb. nov. is a marine, shelf species occurring in the following localities and stages: Telamim and Talme Yafe Formations, Levantine Basin, Israel, Aptian– Albian ( Rosenfeld & Raab 1983); and in the present work, Maruim Member, Riachuelo Formation, Sergipe-Alagoas Basin, Brazil, uppermost Albian, Aracajuia antiqua zone (MSA-1).