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Siphodinarella costata n. gen., n. sp., a new benthic foraminifer from the Coniacian of the Adriatic Carbonate Platform (Slovenia, Croatia)

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A new benthic foraminifer is described as Siphodinarella costata n. gen., n. sp. from Coniacian shallow-water platform-interior carbonates of Slovenia and Croatia. The new foraminifer is found in skeletal wackestone in association with small benthic foraminifera, thaumatoporellaceans, and calcimicrobes (Decastronema, Girvanella-type tubes). The existence of an internal siphon in Siphodinarella n. gen. is interpreted as an entosolenian tube and discussed in terms of its generic and suprageneric importance.

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Acknowledgments

Many thanks to Roland Wernli (Geneva) for providing photographs of his original material of Troglotella incrustans and the permission for usage. The fieldwork on Mljet Island was carried out during mapping for the new Geological Map of Croatia, scale 1:50.000 (grant 181-1811096-1093); partial support also came from the Croatian Ministry of Science grant 181-1953068-0241 to A. Husinec. We thank D. Matičec, L. Fuček, N. Oštrić, and I. Vlahović who participated in Rt Stupa (MRS) section logging. Photograph of the Upper Jurassic specimens of Ukraine (material M. Krajewski) were kindly provided by Ioan Bucur (Cluj-Napoca). Helpful remarks of the two reviewers Ioan Bucur (Cluj-Napoca) and Boguslaw Kolodziej (Krákow) are kindly acknowledged.

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    Felix Schlagintweit

  2. Department of Geology, St. Lawrence University, Canton, NY, 13617, USA

    Antun Husinec

  3. Geological Survey of Slovenia, Dimičeva ulica 14, 1000, Ljubljana, Slovenia

    Jernej Jež

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Schlagintweit, F., Husinec, A. & Jež, J. Siphodinarella costata n. gen., n. sp., a new benthic foraminifer from the Coniacian of the Adriatic Carbonate Platform (Slovenia, Croatia). Facies 60, 133–145 (2014). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10347-013-0365-1

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