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Ascodinium ovale

Ascodinium ovalis, Cookson and Eisenack, 1970

Holotype: Cookson and Eisenack, 1970, pl.13, fig.8
Locus typicus: Madura No. 1 Bore, 14711486 ft
Stratum typicum: Albian-Cenomanian

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Original description: [Cookson and Eisenack, 1970, p. 145]:

Description:
Shell smooth, slightly flattened, oval in outline, thin-walled, with a large apical archeopyle and a short antapical projection slightly to one side of the antapex. Capsule completely separated from the wall of the shell with a relatively thin, unornamented wall except at both apex and antapex, where small dot-like thickenings are evident. The capsule opens by the complete detachment of the apex.

Dimensions:
Holotype: shell c. 35 µm long, c. 40 µm broad. Capsule c. 40x35 µm.
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