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Lobionella

From Fensome et al., 2019:

Lobionella, Batten and Lister, 1988, p.355.
Type: Batten and Lister, 1988, figs.3l,5c, as Lobionella hirsuta.

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Original description: [Batten and Lister, 1988]:

Diagnosis:
Small, proximate, thin-walled cyst; shape irregular, usually broadly triangular, sometimes quadrilobate. Epicyst formed by two prominent lateral lobate projections, may also swell out slightly dorsally and ventrally; apical area often crumpled inwards or torn but occasionally may exhibit an apical bulge. Hypocyst tapering, conical and sometimes with one or two small antapical protuberances. Phragma granulate and/or covered with short hairs. Paratabulation indeterminate but small ?precingular paraplates may be visible in dehisced specimens. Archeopyle apical.

Remark:
The morphology of this form indicates that it is a dinocyst, albeit a very unusual one and unlike any other known fossil genus.
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