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The dinoflagellate cysts Thalassiphora subreticulata n.sp., Thalassiphora balcanica: their taxonomy, ontogenetic variation and evolution
| Mudie, P.J., Fensome, R.A., Rochon, A., Bakrač, K. | |
| 2019 | |
| Palynology, DOI: 10.1080/01916122.2019.1567614 | |
| The dinoflagellate cysts Thalassiphora subreticulata n.sp., Thalassiphora balcanica: their taxonomy, ontogenetic variation and evolution |
Mudie, P.J., Fensome, R.A., Rochon, A., Bakrač, K., 2019. The dinoflagellate cysts Thalassiphora subreticulata n.sp., Thalassiphora balcanica: their taxonomy, ontogenetic variation and evolution. Palynology, DOI: 10.1080/01916122.2019.1567614 Thalassiphora and other large “winged” dinoflagellate cysts common in Oligocene–Pliocene stratified epicontinental seas display morphological variation greater than the plasticity of extant taxa, thereby raising questions about causes. This variation has been attributed to either directed ontogeny in response to salinity or oxygen gradients or to evolutionary development in response to special environmental conditions. Some authors have grouped certain taxa that mark the closing phases of European Paratethyan basins into an intergradational plexus including species of Thalassiphora, Galeacysta, Nematosphaeropsis and cruciform Spiniferites...