A primitive tube-bearing antillocaprinid rudist bivalve, Parasarcolites sohli sp. nov, from Jamaica and Puerto Rico, West Indies

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• 作者：Simon F. Mitchell^a ; ^{simon.mitchell@uwimona.edu.jm} ; ^{barrettia2000@yahoo.co.uk} ; Michael Martí ; inez-Coló ; n^b ; Ryan Ramsook^a ; Hernan Santos^c
• 关键词：Parasarcolites ; Rudist bivalves ; Cretaceous ; Maastrichtian ; Puerto Rico ; Jamaica
• 刊名：Cretaceous Research
• 出版年：2012
• 出版时间：April 2012
• 年：2012
• 卷：34
• 期：Complete
• 页码：149-153
• 全文大小：922 K

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The new antillocaprinid rudist bivalve Parasarcolites sohli sp. nov. is described from the Maastrichtian rocks of Puerto Rico (El Rayo Formation) and Jamaica (Sunderland Inlier). The species shows that all tubes, one of the diagnostic features of the genus, arise by the development of flanges on costae to roof over the intercostal space between adjacent costae. This is the first time that this feature has been unequivocally shown in an antillocaprinid rudist and suggests that tubes in other antillocaprinid rudists arose in a similar way. The species occurs in early Maastrichtian deposits of Puerto Rico and Jamaica, and represents a potential marker species in future biostratigraphic studies.