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Paranetrelytron

From Fensome et al., 2019:

"Paranetrelytron", Sarjeant, 1966c, p.201.
Taxonomic senior synonym: Pareodinia, according to Wiggins (1975, p.102) and Stover and Evitt (1978, p.296).
Type: Sarjeant, 1966c, pl.21, fig.5; pl.23, fig.5, as Paranetrelytron strongylum.

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Original description: [Sarjeant, 1966]:

Diagnosis:
Cavate dinoflagellate cyst, enclosing body sphaeroidal to ovoidal with apical horn; inner body sphaeroidal. Shell lacking tabulation, with or without traces of cingulum. Shell enclosed in cloak of adherent matter, formless to oval in outline; fragments of mineral matter and other sedimentary debris sometimes embedded in cloak. Archaeopyle formation not known.
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