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Aprobolocysta galeata
Aprobolacysta galeata, Backhouse, 1987
Originally (and now) Aprobolocysta, subsequently Neerobroomea. Below, 1990, transferred this species to Neerobroomea Wiggins, 1975. Lentin and Williams, 1993, retained this species in Aprobolocysta.
Holotype: Backhouse, 1987, figs.9I-J
Locus typicus: Perth Basin, Australia
Stratum typicum: Valanginian-earliest Hauterivian
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Original description: [Backhouse, 1987, p. 212]:
Description:
Cyst small, proximate, elongate and ovoidal. Apex tapered to a sharply rounded crest without an apical horn. Antapex with 2 short, broad horns, variably developed from specimen to specimen. Endophragm finely granular and attached at numerous points to a tightly folded, completely enveloping periphragm.
Archeopyle apical, probably type [tA]; operculum usually missing. Archeopyle shape resembling that of other species of Aprobolocysta.
Dimensions:
Total length of holotype 65 µm.
Range of length with operculum missing (13 specimens) 47(55) 61 µm, width 25(34)38 µm.
Affinities:
Absence of an apical horn and wrinkled cyst surface distinguish A. galeata from Batioladinium micropodum (Eisenack & Cookson) Brideaux 1975. In A. bipartita the periphragm is only folded in precingular and postcingular areas.
Originally (and now) Aprobolocysta, subsequently Neerobroomea. Below, 1990, transferred this species to Neerobroomea Wiggins, 1975. Lentin and Williams, 1993, retained this species in Aprobolocysta.
Holotype: Backhouse, 1987, figs.9I-J
Locus typicus: Perth Basin, Australia
Stratum typicum: Valanginian-earliest Hauterivian
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Original description: [Backhouse, 1987, p. 212]:
Description:
Cyst small, proximate, elongate and ovoidal. Apex tapered to a sharply rounded crest without an apical horn. Antapex with 2 short, broad horns, variably developed from specimen to specimen. Endophragm finely granular and attached at numerous points to a tightly folded, completely enveloping periphragm.
Archeopyle apical, probably type [tA]; operculum usually missing. Archeopyle shape resembling that of other species of Aprobolocysta.
Dimensions:
Total length of holotype 65 µm.
Range of length with operculum missing (13 specimens) 47(55) 61 µm, width 25(34)38 µm.
Affinities:
Absence of an apical horn and wrinkled cyst surface distinguish A. galeata from Batioladinium micropodum (Eisenack & Cookson) Brideaux 1975. In A. bipartita the periphragm is only folded in precingular and postcingular areas.