<em>ASTRAELENIA SAOMAMEDENSIS </em> N. SP. - A NEW GIGANTIC RHYNCHONELLID SPECIES AND ITS PALAEOBIOGEOGRAPHICAL IMPLICATIONS FOR THE PORTALEGRE SYNCLINE (CENTRAL PORTUGAL)

A new species of Astraelenia is described from ?Siegenian to Emsian strata of the Portalegre Syncline (Central Portugal). Astraelenia saomamedensis n. sp. differs in a smaller number of costae, a rather inconspicuous fold and sulcus, and larger and elongate shells from other species of Astraelenia....

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Main Authors: MENA SCHEMM-GREGORY, JOSÉ M. PIÇARRA
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Milano University Press 2013-11-01
Series:Rivista Italiana di Paleontologia e Stratigrafia
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Online Access:https://riviste.unimi.it/index.php/RIPS/article/view/6038