Lobothyris cf. punctata (J. Sowerby, 1813)

Lobothyris cf. punctata (J. Sowerby, 1813)

(Figs 73–75)

* 1813 Terebratula punctata . – J. SOWERBY, Mineral Conchology I, p. 46, pl. XV, fig. 4.

1926 Terebratula punctata Sow. – MOISSEIEV, Crimea, p. 975, pl. XXVIII, figs 23–25.

v 2009 Lobothyris cf. punctata (J. Sowerby, 1813) – VÖRÖS, Bakony, p. 137, pl. XV, fig. 6 (cum syn.).

v 2011 Lobothyris punctata (Sowerby, 1813) – VÖRÖS & KANDEMIR, Eastern Pontides , p. 357, figs 5/1–2 .

v 2014 Lobothyris cf. punctata (J. Sowerby, 1813) – VÖRÖS, Yakacik, p. 242, pl. II, fig. 3.

Material – Five specimens of various state of preservation from Alacaatlı (Ankara area), Elma Tepe and Çalık (Gümüşhane area), Upper Sinemurian to Pliensbachian. Measurements –

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INV 2014.115. 21.2 15.8 9.3 –

Remarks – This widespread Early Jurassic terebratulid species was very frequently recorded and figured in the classical and recent literature. In spite of its very simple morphology: elongated oval outline, somewhat flattened dorsal valve, rectimarginate commissures, and relatively small, depressed ventral umbo, L. punctata is easy to recognize and the identification of our specimens seems justified. L. punctata is a Pliensbachian species of cosmopolitan distribution.