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Stara, P. & Borghi, E. 2012. First fossil record of the genus Faorina (Echinoidea: Pericosmidae). Bollettino della Società Paleontologica Italiana, 51/2, 85-98.
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A new species of the genus Faorina Gray, 1851 (Echinoidea, Pericosmidae) from the early Miocene of Sardinia, F. maullui
sp. nov., is described. This is the first fossil evidence of Faorina and the first record from the Mediterranean area. The new species differs
from the Recent F. chinensis Gray, 1851, so far considered to be the only valid species of the genus, in having a depressed test, with oblique
posterior face and thinner margin, a different pathway of the peripetalous fasciole and larger periproct. The diagnostic characters stated
in the literature to distinguish Faorina are discussed on the basis of the new material under study, and the meridoplacous structure in the
interambulacrum 1 adorally is herein considered to be the only safe feature to distinguish Faorina from the closely related genus Pericosmus
L. Agassiz, in L. Agassiz & Desor, 1847. Three species from the Miocene of Italy, originally attributed in the literature to the genus Pericosmus,
are transferred into Faorina.
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Faorina callosa (Manzoni, 1879) † (new combination reference)
Faorina lovisatoi (Lambert, 1909) † (new combination reference) Faorina maullui Stara & Borghi, 2012 † (original description) Faorina oppenheimi (Lambert, 1909) † (new combination reference) Pericosmus callosa Manzoni, 1879 † accepted as Pericosmus callosus Manzoni, 1879 † accepted as Faorina callosa (Manzoni, 1879) † (basis of record) Pericosmus lovisatoi Lambert, 1909 † accepted as Faorina lovisatoi (Lambert, 1909) † (basis of record) Pericosmus oppenheimi Lambert, 1909 † accepted as Faorina oppenheimi (Lambert, 1909) † (basis of record)
Italy for Faorina maullui Stara & Borghi, 2012 †
Italy for Pericosmus callosus Manzoni, 1879 † Italy for Pericosmus lovisatoi Lambert, 1909 † Italy for Pericosmus oppenheimi Lambert, 1909 † Sardinia for Faorina lovisatoi (Lambert, 1909) † Sardinia for Faorina oppenheimi (Lambert, 1909) † Distribution Also reported from the early Langhian Pantano Formation of Sasso Marconi (Bologna, Northern Italy). [details] Etymology Dedicated to Arturo Maullu, who collected and donated the holotype to the Museo di Storia Naturale “Aquilegia” ... [details] Fossil range Aquitanian-Burdigalian, Early Miocene to Early Langhian, early Middle Miocene [details] Type locality Baraci near Isili (39°45’01.66” N, 9°10’05.66”), Cagliari, Central Sardinia, Italy [details] Type material HT: IGF.15301E IGF = Museo di Paleontologia, University of Firenze, Italy [details] Type material HT: UNICA.151 UNICA = Dipartimento di Scienze Chimiche e Geologiche, University of Cagliari, Sardinia, Italy [details] Type material HT: MAC.PL1528; PT: MAC.PL1529 MAC = Museo di Storia Naturale “Aquilegia” of Cagliari, Sardinia, Italy [details] Type material HT: UNICA.152 UNICA = Dipartimento di Scienze Chimiche e Geologiche, University of Cagliari, Sardinia, Italy [details] |