Globotalicypridea mirabilis sp. nov. – the first non-marine ostracod taxon from the Upper Cretaceous of the Haţeg Basin, Romania.

A monospecific assemblage of Globotalicypridea mirabilis sp. nov. is reported from the Maastrichtian of the Haţeg Basin, Romania. This new species is the first ostracod taxa described from the famous dinosaur-bearing continental deposits of the Haţeg Basin. G. mirabilis sp. nov. is characterized by large, finely punctate, and posteriorly strongly inflated carapace with a few papillae on the anterior margin. This new species was restricted exclusively to freshwater (limnic-fluvial) environments. The identification in Haţeg Basin of Globotalicypridea expands the known geographic distribution of the Talicyprideinae into Eastern Europe, creating a link between Western European and Asian occurrences. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]