1. New fossil genus and new extant species of diatoms (Stephanodiscaceae, Bacillariophyceae) from Pleistocene sediments in the Neotropics (Guatemala, Central America): adaptation to a changing environment?
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Jean-Charles Mazur, Alain Tonetto, Sandrine Conrod, Christine Paillès, Florence Sylvestre, PAILLES, Christine, Centre européen de recherche et d'enseignement des géosciences de l'environnement (CEREGE), Aix Marseille Université (AMU)-Institut national des sciences de l'Univers (INSU - CNRS)-Collège de France (CdF (institution))-Institut de Recherche pour le Développement (IRD)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Institut National de la Recherche Agronomique (INRA), Institut de Recherche pour le Développement (IRD)-Aix Marseille Université (AMU)-Collège de France (CdF (institution))-Institut national des sciences de l'Univers (INSU - CNRS)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Institut National de Recherche pour l’Agriculture, l’Alimentation et l’Environnement (INRAE), Aix Marseille Université (AMU), US National Science Foundation (ATM-0502030), International Continental Scientific Drilling Program, Swiss Federal Institute of Technology, and Swiss National Science Foundation
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Pleistocene ,Ochrophyta ,020209 energy ,Guatemala ,Thalassiosirales ,0211 other engineering and technologies ,02 engineering and technology ,Ecological succession ,genus ,Paleontology ,Extant taxon ,Genus ,lcsh:Botany ,021105 building & construction ,lcsh:Zoology ,0202 electrical engineering, electronic engineering, information engineering ,lcsh:QL1-991 ,Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics ,Taxonomy ,Chromista ,Bacillariophyceae ,biology ,Diatom ,Discostella gabinii ,Biodiversity ,biology.organism_classification ,6. Clean water ,diatom ,lcsh:QK1-989 ,Stephanodiscaceae ,[SDE.BE] Environmental Sciences/Biodiversity and Ecology ,Taxon ,Adaptation ,[SDE.BE]Environmental Sciences/Biodiversity and Ecology ,Cyclocostis rolfii ,Geology - Abstract
Several taxa of Stephanodiscaceae were found in the upper section of Pleistocene sediments from Lake Petén-Itzá (Guatemala). A new fossil genus Cyclocostis Paillès gen. nov. and new extant species Discostella gabinii Paillès & Sylvestre sp. nov. are described. Cyclocostis gen. nov. is characterized by a strongly tangentially undulated valve surface, coarse unequal striation reaching a central punctum in the valve center, an absence of central lamina and domed criba, widely open alveoli with one median recessed costa bearing marginal fultoportulae and a single rimoportula all within a ring. A single valve face fultoportula is present on the raised part of the valve opposite the rimoportula. Differences relative to similar genera and the delimitation of a new genus are discussed. Discostella gabinii sp. nov. is distinguished by circular and flat valves, a small central area bearing 5 to > 30 scattered large areolae giving a colliculate appearance, medium-sized alveoli, marginal fultoportulae on every 4–5th costa, a single rimoportula and internally smooth valve center. Differences to similar taxa in the genus Discostella are discussed. The succession of the species of Cyclotella, Discostella and Cyclocostis gen. nov. in our record could represent eco-phenotypic responses to particular environmental stress / change.
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- 2020