Frambocythere tumiensis zagrosensis

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Cytheroidea
Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Cladus: Protostomia Cladus: Ecdysozoa Cladus: Panarthropoda Phylum: Arthropoda Cladus: Pancrustacea Superclassis: Oligostraca Classis: Ostracoda Subclassis: Podocopa Ordo: Podocopida Subordo: Cytherocopina Superfamilia: Cytheroidea

Familia: Limnocytheridae
Subfamilia: Timiriaseviinae
Genus: Frambocythere
Species: Frambocythere tumiensis
Subspecies: Frambocythere tumiensis zagrosensis

Name

†Frambocythere tumiensis zagrosensis Colin, Vaziri-Moghaddam, Safari & Shariari Grai, 2012: pl. 1, figs. 1-4

Holotype: Female carapace (Pl. 1, fig. 1 ) deposited in the collections of the Geology Department, Faculty of Science, University of Isfahan, Isfahan, Iran.

Type locality: 7 km SW of Gerdbisheh village (besides Borujen-Lordegan road) about 48 km S of Borujen. Lower part of the Tarbur Formation, Upper Maastrichtian.

Etymology: From the Zagros Mountains, type area.

References

• Colin, Jean-Paul, Hossein Vaziri-Moghaddam, Amrollah Safari & Samira Shariari Grai, 2012: Presence of Frambocythere Colin, 1980, (limnic ostracode) in the Maastrichtian of the Zagros Mountains, Iran: a newly recognized link between southern Europe and the Far East. Carnets de Géologie [Notebooks on Geology], CG2012(L02): 173–181.