Veenia guianensis Swain, 1976

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 : 40-42

Veenia guianensis Swain, 1976

Fig. 9 B–D

Veenia guianensis Swain, 1976: 748 , pl. 1, fig. 22, pl. 3, figs 1a–b, 3.2–3.5, 3.10.

Veenia guianensis – Viviers et al. 2000: 437, figs 23.1–23.2.

Veenia (Protoveenia) cf. florentinensis Damotte, 1961 – Andreu-Boussut 1991: 677, figs 49.5–49.8. Veenia aff. sp. GA D 16 – Viviers et al. 2000: 414, fig. 22.11.

New material examined

BRAZIL: Massapê outcrop, Riachuelo Municipality, Sergipe State (samples MP-1545 and MP-1546), approximate coordinates 10°06' S, 37°10' W.

Type locality and stratum

Leg 14, 144 well, core no. 6, section no. 1, at 58–64 cm depth, Guyana; upper Aptian–Cenomanian.

Measurements

Hypotype (CP-732): carapace: length = 0.57 mm, height = 0.30 mm, width = 0.27 mm.

Remarks

The diagnosis follows Swain (1976). Veenia (Protoveenia) cf. florentinensis Damotte, 1961 in Andreu- Boussut (1991) is in fact Veenia guianensis , just as part of the specimens identified as Veenia guianensis and Veenia aff. sp. GA D 16 in Viviers et al. (2000).

Paleoecology and distribution

Veenia guianensis is a marine, shelf species occurring in the following localities and stages: Guiana, upper Aptian–Cenomanian ( Swain 1976); Jbel El Hajer and El Jir Formations and Azazoul Basin, Morocco, Albian ( Andreu-Boussut 1991); Ponta do Mel Formation, Potiguar Basin, middle–upper Albian ( Viviers et al. 2000); and in the present work, Maruim Member, Riachuelo Formation, Sergipe-Alagoas Basin, uppermost Albian, Aracajuia antiqua zone (MSA-1), Brazil.