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Bairdiocypris vastus

Bairdiocypris vastus

Polenova, 1952

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1952 Bairdiocypris vastus nov. sp.; Polenova: pl. 14, figs. 1 – 2. 1964 Bairdiocypris « géant »; Magne: pl. 17, figs. 33 – 34. 1979 Bairdiocypris vastus Polenova; Olempska: 113, pl. 22, figs. 1 – 2. 1982 Bairdiocypris « géant » Magne; Milhau: 21, pl. 4, figs. 87 – 88. 1983 b Bairdiocypris « géant » Magne; Milhau: 221. 1983 Bairdiocypris vastus Polenova; Żbikowska: 66, pl. 19, fig. 7. 1988 Bairdiocypris vastus Polenova; Milhau: 484, pl. 56, fig. 42. aff. 1988 Bairdiocypris cf. livnensis Polenova, 1953; Milhau: 484, pl. 56, fig. 47. 2006 Bairdiocypris sp. A, aff. lamellaris Adamczak, 1976; Casier in Casier & Préat: pl. 4, fig. 3. 2009 Bairdiocypris vasta Polenova; Maillet: 12, pl. 1, fig. 19. 2010 Bairdiocypris vastus Polenova; Maillet: 40, pl. 1, fig. 22. 2011 b Bairdiocypris rauffi Krömmelbein, 1952; Casier in Casier et al.: pl. 3, fig. 10. 2013 Bairdiocypris vastus Polenova; Maillet: 150, pl. XXII, figs. 1 – 3. 2013 b Bairdiocypris vastus Polenova; Maillet et al.: fig. 5 A.
Maillet, Sebastien, Milhau, Bruno, Vreulx, Michel, Posada, Luis-Carlos Sánchez De (2016): Givetian ostracods of the Candás Formation (Asturias, North-western Spain): taxonomy, stratigraphy, palaeoecology, relationship to global events and palaeogeographical implications. Zootaxa 4068 (1): 1-78, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4068.1.1
Description. Very large carapace (up to 2 mm in length), with a rounded sub-trapezoidal outline in lateral view, biconvex and flattened in dorsal view. Overlap of the larger LV over the RV along whole outline, very pronounced dorsally. Marked bow-shaped projection. Hmax median; Lmax at 1 / 3 ventral; Wmax at 1 / 3 ventral. Dorsal margin of the smaller RV straight on 1 / 2 of Lmax in its median part, oblique anteriorly in its anterior part, oblique posteriorly in its posterior part. Dorsal margin of the larger LV regularly convex. Pronounced dorsal rim of the LV. Straight to very slightly concave ventral margin of the carapace. Well rounded anterior margin, more convex in its ventral part. Regularly convex posterior margin. Posterior end sharper at 1 / 3 ventral. Anterior part of the carapace higher than the posterior one. Carapace flattened at the anterior and posterior margins. Surface smooth.
Maillet, Sebastien, Milhau, Bruno, Vreulx, Michel, Posada, Luis-Carlos Sánchez De (2016): Givetian ostracods of the Candás Formation (Asturias, North-western Spain): taxonomy, stratigraphy, palaeoecology, relationship to global events and palaeogeographical implications. Zootaxa 4068 (1): 1-78, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4068.1.1
Diagnosis. Polenova (1952, p. 135).
Maillet, Sebastien, Milhau, Bruno, Vreulx, Michel, Posada, Luis-Carlos Sánchez De (2016): Givetian ostracods of the Candás Formation (Asturias, North-western Spain): taxonomy, stratigraphy, palaeoecology, relationship to global events and palaeogeographical implications. Zootaxa 4068 (1): 1-78, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4068.1.1
Discussion. A characteristic thick-shelled Givetian species, classically found in peri-reefal agitated environments and easily identifiable by its huge size. Occurrences. Lower to Middle Givetian (Hanonet, Trois-Fontaines, Terres d’Haurs, Mont d’Haurs and Névremont Fms, and Fromelennes Fm, Flohimont Mb), Ardenne (Flohimont, Cul d’Houille, Mont d’Haurs, Aisne and Aisemont sections), Middle Givetian (Candás Fm, mbs A and B), Asturias (Peran-Perlora section); Givetian, Russia, Boulonnais and Poland.
Maillet, Sebastien, Milhau, Bruno, Vreulx, Michel, Posada, Luis-Carlos Sánchez De (2016): Givetian ostracods of the Candás Formation (Asturias, North-western Spain): taxonomy, stratigraphy, palaeoecology, relationship to global events and palaeogeographical implications. Zootaxa 4068 (1): 1-78, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4068.1.1
Material. 7 specimens (4 C, 2 V, 1 F).
Maillet, Sebastien, Milhau, Bruno, Vreulx, Michel, Posada, Luis-Carlos Sánchez De (2016): Givetian ostracods of the Candás Formation (Asturias, North-western Spain): taxonomy, stratigraphy, palaeoecology, relationship to global events and palaeogeographical implications. Zootaxa 4068 (1): 1-78, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4068.1.1

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Givetian ostracods of the Candás Formation (Asturias, North-western Spain): taxonomy, stratigraphy, palaeoecology, relationship to global events and palaeogeographical implications

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This dataset contains the digitized treatments in Plazi based on the original journal article Maillet, Sebastien, Milhau, Bruno, Vreulx, Michel, Posada, Luis-Carlos Sánchez De (2016): Givetian ostracods of the Candás Formation (Asturias, North-western Spain): taxonomy, stratigraphy, palaeoecology, relationship to global events and palaeogeographical implications. Zootaxa 4068 (1): 1-78, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4068.1.1

Abstract

Asturian ostracods of the Givetian carbonate Candás Formation are documented for the first time from the Peran-Perlora and Carranques reference sections. More than 1,200 specimens were extracted from 44 samples by means of the hot acetolysis method. In all, 75 taxa are described herein, of which 21 are formally described and one, Evlanella peranensis Maillet n. sp., is new. All the taxa are marine benthic and belong to the Eifelian Mega-Assemblage. The assemblages recognized are representative of semi-restricted to shallow open-marine palaeoenvironments above the storm wave base. The stratigraphical distribution of the taxa shows a strong faunal renewal in the top of the Candás Formation. Long-ranging taxa found at the base of the formation, of which many are known from the base of the Middle Devonian, disappear within the base of the member C and are replaced above, around the Middle/Upper Givetian boundary, by more cosmopolitan taxa characteristic of the Frasnian. The lower half of the member C is also characterized both by unstable environments and occurrence of some short-ranging opportunistic ostracod taxa. This renewal within shallow water ostracod communities is probably a consequence of the global Taghanic Biocrisis, leading world-widely to extinctions in several faunal groups. Faunal affinities with Givetian ostracod taxa reported in other areas of the world reflect the commonly accepted palaeogeographical patterns. Close relations between the Cantabrian Zone (NW-Spain), the Armorican Massif (W- France), the Mouthoumet Massif (S-France) and North Africa (Morocco and Algeria) suggest a narrow oceanic space between the western European terranes and the northern Gondwanan margin that involves an advanced phase of closure of the Medio-European Ocean.

Key words: Middle Devonian, new species, faunal renewal, systematic, Taghanic Biocrisis

Maillet S, Milhau B, Vreulx M, Posada L S D, plazi (2016). Givetian ostracods of the Candás Formation (Asturias, North-western Spain): taxonomy, stratigraphy, palaeoecology, relationship to global events and palaeogeographical implications. Plazi.org taxonomic treatments database. Checklist dataset https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.4068.1.1 accessed via GBIF.org on 2026-06-18.

CC0Published 12/31/2016View dataset
GBIF Usage Key
127639160
Dataset Key
b9c1e3a3-e591-4b34-9f30-d6d88a230673
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Taxon ID
03B94C39E8634B45FF22F8F0FE08FBCB.taxon
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6/11/2026
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6/11/2026