Healdia mckittrickensis Tarnac & Forel & Nestell & Nestell & Crasquin 2021, sp. nov.

• Main Authors: Tarnac, Anaëlle, Forel, Marie-Béatrice, Nestell, Galina, Nestell, Merlynd, Crasquin, Sylvie
• Format: Text
• Language: unknown
• Published: Zenodo 2021
• Subjects: Biodiversity; Taxonomy; Animalia; Arthropoda; Ostracoda; Podocopida; Healdiidae; Healdia; Healdia mckittrickensis; Olli; Polish Polar Research; Spitsbergen
• Online Access: https://dx.doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.5560016; https://zenodo.org/record/5560016

Healdia mckittrickensis Crasquin sp. nov. urn:lsid:zoobank.org:act: 2454FD9D-BB92-4D01-BD84-11011B2DC72F Fig. 4A–C Diagnosis A species of Healdia with a stocky carapace, a massive overlap of LV on RV, thick posterior spines; a curved ridge extends in front of the spines. Etymology In reference to the ‘McKittrick Canyon’ Member, Bell Canyon Formation, Guadalupe Mountains, West Texas, where this species has been discovered. Material examined Holotype USA • complete carapace, (Fig. 4A); Guadalupe Mountains, West Texas, ‘ McKittrick Canyon’ Member, Bell Canyon Formation, MKCS1 section, sample GM5; Capitanian, Middle Permian; MNHN.F.F63365. Paratype USA • 1 incomplete carapace (DB and PVB of LV are missing), (Fig. 4B); Guadalupe Mountains, West Texas, Williams Ranch Member, Cutoff Formation, Quarry section, sample GM1; Roadian, Middle Permian; MNHN.F.F63366. Additional material USA • 1 right valve; Guadalupe Mountains, West Texas, ‘ McKittrick Canyon’ Member, Bell Canyon Formation, MKCS1 section, sample GM5; Capitanian, Middle Permian; MNHN.F F63367 • 3 complete carapaces; Guadalupe Mountains, West Texas, Williams Ranch Member, Cutoff Formation, Quarry section, samples GM1, GM4; Roadian, Middle Permian; MNHN.F.F63473. Dimensions L= 224–807 µm; H =139–489 µm. Description Carapace stocky, subtriangular to ovoid in lateral view; important overlap of RV by LV with maximum along PDB; dorsal margin of LV regularly arched with Hmax at posterior ⅓ of L; dorsal margin of RV with Hmax at mid-L; AB with maximum of convexity located slightly below Hmax; VB slightly concave at both valves; PB large and close to vertical; presence of two posterior spines quite large, their bases are linked by an intra-spines tenuous ridge; in front of the spines, presence of a curved ridge, more developed than the intra-spines one; surface smooth. Occurrence Samples GM1, 4 (GM5), Quarry section, Williams Ranch Member, Cutoff Formation, Roadian; MKCS1 section, sample GM5, ‘McKittrick Canyon’ Member, Bell Canyon Formation, Capitanian; Middle Permian, Guadalupe Mountains, West Texas, USA (this work). Remarks Healdia mckittrickensis sp. nov. has an unique morphology. The general outline is reminiscent of Healdia subtrangula Kotschetkova, 1959 from the Kazanian (Roadian) of Bashkiria, SW of the Ural Mts (Kotschetkova 1959) but H. mckittrickensis sp. nov. has a less triangular lateral outline with thicker spines. : Published as part of Tarnac, Anaëlle, Forel, Marie-Béatrice, Nestell, Galina, Nestell, Merlynd & Crasquin, Sylvie, 2021, Middle Permian ostracods (Crustacea) from the Guadalupe Mountains, West Texas, USA, pp. 1-60 in European Journal of Taxonomy 770 on pages 7-10, DOI: 10.5852/ejt.2021.770.1499, http://zenodo.org/record/5536263 : {"references": ["Kozur H. 1991. Neue Ostracoden - Arten aus dem Oberen Mittelkarbon (Hoberes Moskovian), Mittel- und Oberperm des Bukk-gebirges (N-Ungarn). Geologisch- Palaontologische Mitteilungen Innsbruck 2: 1 - 145.", "Ulrich E. O. & Bassler R. S. 1906. New American Palaeozoic Ostracoda. Notes and descriptions of the Upper Carboniferous genera and species. United States National Museum Paper 30: 149 - 164. https: // doi. org / 10.5479 / si. 00963801.30 - 1446.149", "Sohn I. G. 1954. Ostracoda from the Permian of the Glass Mountains, Texas. United States Geological Survey Professional Paper 264 - A: 1 - 24. https: // doi. org / 10.3133 / pp 264 a", "Olempska E. & Blaszyk J. 1996. Ostracods from Permian of Spitsbergen. Polish Polar Research 17 (1 - 2): 3 - 20.", "Kotschetkova N. M. 1959. Ostracody nizhnekazanskogo podyarysa zapadnoi Bashkirii [Ostracods of the Lower Kazanian Stage of Western Bashkiria]. In: Olli A. I. (ed.) Voprosy geologii vostochnoi Ola-ainy Russkoi Platformy i Yuzhnogo Urala [Problems in the Geology of the Eastern Borders of the Russian Platform and the South Urals]: 5 - 28. Akademiya Nauk SSSR, Bashkirskii Filial, Gorno-Geologicheskii Institut, Ufa."]}