CLYPEINA BUCURI N.SP. AND CLYPEINA LUCANA N.SP. (GREEN ALGAE, DASYCLADALES) FROM THE UPPERMOST PALEOCENE - LOWER EOCENE OF TRENTINARA FORMATION (SOUTHERN ITALY).

The Clypeina assemblage from the uppermost Paleocene (?) - Lower Eocene beds of the Trentinara Formation ( Southern ltaly) are grouped into three morphotypes (M1, M2 and M3) according to the degree of calcification, size and shape of their articles. Three samples have been selected for the morphotyp1eandonesampleforthemorphotype2sand3.Comparativaenalysishowsmorphotype 1 canbeconsideretdo belongto the new taxon Clypeina bucuri and morphotypes 2 and 3 to Clypeina lucana n. sp. The new taxa are here describe