Novocrania lecointei

• Main Author: Jeffrey H Robinson
• Format: Other/Unknown Material
• Language: unknown
• Published: 2017
• Subjects: Biodiversity; Taxonomy; Animalia; Brachiopoda; Craniata; Craniida; Craniidae; Novocrania; Novocrania lecointei; Antarctic; Indian; Joubin; New Zealand; Southern Ocean; The Antarctic; Antarc*; Antarctica; Macquarie Island
• Online Access: https://zenodo.org/record/6041633; https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.6041633

Novocrania lecointei (Joubin, 1901) Stratigraphic range: late Middle Eocene–Recent (Robinson in press) 1901: Crania lecointei Joubin, Sci. Exped. Antarct. Belge, p. 9–11, pl. 2., figs. 13–15. 1902: Crania patagonica Dall, Proc. United States Nat. Mus., 24, p. 562. 1918: Crania joubini Thomson, Aust. Ant. Exp. Sc. Rep., Ser. C, p. 10, pl. 16, fig. 18–19. 1965: Crania antarcticaensis Hatai, JARE 1956–1962 Sc. Rep., Ser. E, 26. p. 2, figs. 1a–5b. 1986: Neocrania lecointei (Joubin), Lee & Brunton, Bull. Nat. Hist. Mus. (Geol.), 40 (4), p. 152. 2001: Novocrania lecointei (Joubin), Lee & Brunton, Bull. Nat. Hist. Mus. (Geol.), 57 (1), p. 5. 1940: Crania valdiviae Helmcke, Wissen. Erge. Deutsch. Tiefsee Exp., 1898–1899, 24 (3), p. 234, text fig. 4a –d. 1986: Neocrania valdiviae (Helmcke), Lee & Brunton, Bull. Nat. Hist. Mus. (Geol.), 40 (4), p. 152. 2001: Novocrania valdiviae (Helmcke), Lee & Brunton, Bull. Nat. Hist. Mus. (Geol.), 57 (1), p. 5. Synonymy. Joubin (1901) first described this species from Antarctica. Scientific expeditions to Antarctica by Australia / New Zealand, Germany and Japan resulted in several synonymous names being given to this species. Foster (1974, p. 43) stated “there is only one highly variable species of Crania extending through the Antarctic and South American areas”, synonymized C. patagonica, C. joubini and C. antarcticaensis with Crania lecointei and noted that C. valdiviae Helmcke, 1940 from Saint Pauls Island, southern Indian Ocean, might also be a synonym but adequate published figures or topotypes were not available. Cooper (1973a) listed C. valdiviae as present in the Indian Ocean. Digital images of the holotype (ZMB Bra 196) and two paratypes (ZMB Bra 197) of Novocrania valdiviae were examined and this species is placed in synonymy under N. lecointei. Localities. N. lecointei has previously been known as a species found only in the Southern Ocean; from Antarctica and southern South America (Foster 1974), and off Macquarie Island, south of New Zealand (Zezina 1980). ...