Batiacasphaera saidensis, Below, 1981

Holotype: Below, 1981, pl.10, figs.2a-b; text-fig.15; Fensome et al., 1991, figs.2-4 - p.729
Locus typicus: Yahia ou Said, southwest Marocco
Stratum typicum: Hauterivian-Early Barremian

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Original description: [Below, 1981, p. 26]: (Translation: Fensome, 1991, p. 730):

Diagnosis:
Proximate spheroidal cyst with a single-layered wall; surface chagrinate, with gemmae and crispae.
Paratabulation, paracingulum and parasulcus absent. Archeopyle type (A) with a "free" operculum.
The zigzag margin of the archeopyle indicates six equally large precingulars and the anterior sulcal paraplate.

Description:
The autophragm is very densely covered with fused granules of different sizes (chagrinate). Spheres (gemmae) and bead-like rows of interconnected gemmae (crispae) project beyond this.