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Pseudostictoporella simplex

Pseudostictoporella simplex

Ernst & Carrera, 2022

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(Fig. 15 A-H; Appendix 1) urn: lsid: zoobank. org: act: 54 CAAD 81 - 853 C- 4879 - BE 5 C-B 78 DCD 98 D 7 E 9
Ernst, Andrej, Carrera, Marcelo G. (2022): A cool-water bryozoan association from the La Pola Formation (Sandbian, Ordovician) of Argentine Precordillera. Geodiversitas 44 (20): 563-601, DOI: 10.5252/geodiversitas2022v44a20
DESCRIPTION Bifoliate branched colony. Branches 1.8 - 2.1 mm wide and 0.60 - 1.30 mm thick. Mesotheca straight, 0.015 to 0.045 mm thick, median rods absent. Autozooecia short, tubular, bending sharply to branch surface, rectangular at their bases, becoming oval at branch surface, arranged in 10 to 20 regular alternating rows on branches. Hemisepta absent. Rare diaphragms occurring. Metazooecia and styles absent. Autozooecial walls granular, 0.030 to 0.055 mm thick in endozone; thick, finely laminated in exozone. Extrazooecial skeleton well developed, consisting of laminated material. Longitudinal ridges between autozooecial apertures present. COMPARISON
Ernst, Andrej, Carrera, Marcelo G. (2022): A cool-water bryozoan association from the La Pola Formation (Sandbian, Ordovician) of Argentine Precordillera. Geodiversitas 44 (20): 563-601, DOI: 10.5252/geodiversitas2022v44a20
DIAGNOSIS. — Bifoliate branched colonies; mesotheca straight, median rods absent, autozooecia arranged in 10 to 20 regular alternating rows on branches; hemisepta absent; rare diaphragms occurring; metazooecia and styles absent; longitudinal ridges between autozooecial apertures.
Ernst, Andrej, Carrera, Marcelo G. (2022): A cool-water bryozoan association from the La Pola Formation (Sandbian, Ordovician) of Argentine Precordillera. Geodiversitas 44 (20): 563-601, DOI: 10.5252/geodiversitas2022v44a20
Pseudostictoporella simplex n. sp. is similar to P. typicalis Ross, 1970, but differs from it in absence of metazooecia and pustules. P. iberiensis Jiménez-Sánchez, 2009 from the Katian of Spain possesses hemisepta and may not belong to the genus Pseudostictoporella.
Ernst, Andrej, Carrera, Marcelo G. (2022): A cool-water bryozoan association from the La Pola Formation (Sandbian, Ordovician) of Argentine Precordillera. Geodiversitas 44 (20): 563-601, DOI: 10.5252/geodiversitas2022v44a20
ETYMOLOGY. — The species name reflects the simple morphology defined by lacking of metazooecia and pustules (from Latin “ simplex ” – simple)
Ernst, Andrej, Carrera, Marcelo G. (2022): A cool-water bryozoan association from the La Pola Formation (Sandbian, Ordovician) of Argentine Precordillera. Geodiversitas 44 (20): 563-601, DOI: 10.5252/geodiversitas2022v44a20
HOLOTYPE. — CEGH-UNC 27508 a. PARATYPES. — CEGH-UNC 27528 b, CEGH-UNC 27530 e, f, g (three thin sections of one colony), CEGH-UNC 27533 a, b, c, d (four thin sections of one colony). TYPE LOCALITY. — La Pola creek section near Albardon village, San Juan Province, Argentine Precordillera, western Argentina. TYPE HORIZON. — La Pola Formation, Upper Ordovician, Sandbian.
Ernst, Andrej, Carrera, Marcelo G. (2022): A cool-water bryozoan association from the La Pola Formation (Sandbian, Ordovician) of Argentine Precordillera. Geodiversitas 44 (20): 563-601, DOI: 10.5252/geodiversitas2022v44a20

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FIG. 15. — A-H, Pseudostictoporella simplex n. sp.: A-E, branch tangential section showing autozooecial chambers and apertures,holotype CEGH-UNC 27508 a; F, branch longitudinal thin section autozooecial chambers, paratype CEGH-UNC 27533 a; G, H, branch transverse thin section showing autozooecial chambers and mesotheca without rods, paratype CEGH-UNC 27533 d. Scale bars: A, 1 mm; B, C, 0.5 mm; D-H, 0.2 mm.

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A cool-water bryozoan association from the La Pola Formation (Sandbian, Ordovician) of Argentine Precordillera

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This dataset contains the digitized treatments in Plazi based on the original journal article Ernst, Andrej, Carrera, Marcelo G. (2022): A cool-water bryozoan association from the La Pola Formation (Sandbian, Ordovician) of Argentine Precordillera. Geodiversitas 44 (20): 563-601, DOI: 10.5252/geodiversitas2022v44a20

ABSTRACT

Nineteen bryozoan species belonging to 18 genera are described from the La Pola Formation (Sandbian, Upper Ordovician) of Argentine Precordillera. Two trepostome genera each with one new species, respectively, are new: Albardonia bifoliata n. gen., n. sp. and Argentinopora robusta n. gen., n. sp. Five more species are new: a cystoporate Xenotrypa argentinensis n. sp., two trepostomes Heterotrypa enodis n. sp. and Nicholsonella spinigera n. sp., as well as two ptilodictyines Pseudostictoporella simplex n. sp. and Chazydictya ornata n. sp. The studied fauna shows some connection with Laurentia and Baltica on the species level and is similar to Siberia on the generic level. Furthermore, the generic composition of the La Pola fauna is similar to contemporary faunas of Las Aguaditas and Las Plantas formations of the Argentine Precordillera. The described fauna comes from mixed carbonate-siliciclastic deposits and represents a largely para-autochthonous association, with few autochthonous elements.The bryozoan growth forms indicate shallow shelf conditions. Bryozoans are associated with brachiopods, red algae, and echinoderms indicating heterozoan community typical for temperate to cool water environments with high primary production.

MOTS CLÉS

Ordovicien,

Sandbien,

environnement d’eau

froide,

Bryozoa,

paléogéographie,

paléoécologie,

genres nouveaux,

espèces nouvelles.

Ernst A, Carrera M G, admin (2022). A cool-water bryozoan association from the La Pola Formation (Sandbian, Ordovician) of Argentine Precordillera. Geodiversitas. Checklist dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/22hb3y accessed via GBIF.org on 2026-06-16.

CC0Published 6/16/2022View dataset
GBIF Usage Key
196202563
Dataset Key
f8f165f8-1b6b-4639-b139-c47e48485949
Origin
source
Backbone Key
11871234
Taxon ID
865C87FDFFB9FFFC39B2FBC14BF8F803.taxon
Last Crawled
6/9/2026
Last Interpreted
6/9/2026