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Modelling the cortex and hypothesis for the “head” of Suppiluliumaella schlagintweitii n.sp.

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Sep 11, 2024 version files 14.54 KB

Abstract

We describe two new species of green algae in Dasycladales from the Lower Cretaceous of the Eastern Carpathians (Romania), Suppiluliumaella schlagintweitii n. sp. and Triploporella loducai n. sp. The two new taxa display a mineralization coating most of the thallus, possibly casting light on their growth pattern. Suppiluliumaella schlagintweitii displays a differentiated, club-shaped thallus with a very elongated vegetative part below the fertile zone (“head”) and a corticated external layer, suggesting a Neomeris type of growth. We further describe a possible mineralized juvenile growth stage. Triploporella loducai is characterized by a rather short cylindrical thallus with a reduced vegetative region (sharp tapering rounded lower end), seemingly following a growth type resembling that of spherical Bornetella.