Jodotella cf sloveniaensis Deloffre & Radoičić 1979

Barattolo, Filippo, Abad, Morteza Taherpour Khalil & Introduction, Mehdi Ashrafi, 2014, Dasycladalean Fossil Green Algae From The Maastrichtian-Paleocene Of Balkh Province (N Afghanistan), Acta Palaeontologica Romaniae 10 (1 - 2), pp. 1-2 : 92

Jodotella cf sloveniaensis Deloffre & Radoičić 1979

Fig. 5 s-t

A cylindrical alga with strong phloiophorous primary laterals occurs in the Paleocene (sample Sh 6 = BA. 4258). Large gametangia are set aside to primary laterals. The general shape of the alga is similar to Jodotella sloveniaensis Deloffre & Radoičić. However , the size appears to be larger: D = 0.8 - 0.9 mm vs. 0.4 - 0.65 mm, d = 0.28 – 0.30 mm vs. 0.2 – 0.275 mm. Biometrical difference, the poor state of preservation and the paucity of material available do not allow confirmation of the attribution, therefore the taxon is given in open nomenclature.

Figures

Fig. 5 Russoella parthica n. sp. a-c, e-k, l (left specimen), m-n paratypes; d holotype, middle-upper Maastrichtian; a-g, equatorial to transversal sections, h-i, respectively oblique and axial sections, j-n, tangential and marginal oblique sections. o-p Terquemella sp., oblique, not centered sections, middle-upper Maastrichtian. l (right specimen), q, r Terquemella sp.; l (right specimen), oblique section; q, r, respectively axial or tangential and transversal sections, middle-upper Maastrichtian. s, t Jodotella cf sloveniaensis Deloffre & Radoičić, oblique sections, Paleocene. u, v Terquemella globularis Elliott, axial and tangential sections respectively, lower Maastrichtian. Thin sections: a-r: S4 (= BA.4250), s, t: Sh6 (= BA.4258), u, v: T13 (= BA.4244). Locality: environs of Kholm (N Afghanistan). Scale bar: a-c, e-r = same of d; v= same of u.