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The dinoflagellate cyst Molassedinium bicornutum gen. et sp. nov. from the Oligocene of the North Alpine Foreland Basin, Austria
Soliman, A. and Slimani, H.
2019
PALYNOLOGY, VOL. 43, NO. 4, 660–668 https://doi.org/10.1080/01916122.2018.1548386
The dinoflagellate cyst Molassedinium bicornutum gen. et sp. nov. from the Oligocene of the North Alpine Foreland Basin, Austria

The organic-walled dinoflagellate cyst Molassedinium bicornutum gen. et sp. nov. described in this paper is recorded in the Oligocene (Rupelian) organic-rich sediments of the Eggerding Formation from the North Alpine Foreland Basin (Molasse Basin), Austria. It was discovered within a diverse and well-preserved dinoflagellate cyst assemblage. It is a gonyaulacacean (leptodinioidean) holocavate cyst with distinctive apical and antapical ectophragmal horns and an apical archaeopyle. The current stratigraphic range of the taxon is restricted to the Rupelian. It may constitute a potentially important regional stratigraphic marker for high-resolution age control. It is associated with a dinoflagellate cyst assemblage indicating inner–outer neritic and nutrient-rich environments.
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