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Trichodinium pellitum

From Fensome et al., 2019:
Trichodinium pellitum Eisenack and Cookson, 1960, p.5, pl.2, fig.4.
Holotype: Eisenack and Cookson, 1960, pl.2, fig.4; Jan du Chêne et al., 1986a, pl.120, fig.4.

Locus typicus: Santos's Oodnadatta Bore, Western Australia
Stratum typicum: Aptian-Albian

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Original description: Eisenack and Cookson, 1960, p.5
Shell oval, divided equally by an equatorial girdle, with a narrow, straight-sided apical horn which bears numerous short upwardly directed hairs. The shell membrane is densely covered with rather long, frequently bent hairs which are particularly long and divergent on both sides of the girdle and form a tuft at the antapex. The pylome is rather large and semicircular.
Dimensions: Type--Overall 110 µm long, 100 µm broad, shell 82 x 75 µm, horn 1.5 µm long.
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