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Canningia granulata

Canningia granulata, Morgenroth, 1966

Stover and Evitt, 1978, considered this to be a problematical species of Canningia.

Holotype: Morgenroth, 1966, pl.2, fig.10
Locality: Island Fehmarn, Germany
Age: Early Eocene

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Original description: [Morgenroth, 1966, p. 12]: (Translation: LPP):

Description:
Dark-brown shell rounded pentadonal in outline, dorsoventrally flattened. Apex marked by a very small, blunted horn. The two lateral horns are of unequal length. Shell surface granulate. Girdle furrow not indicated. Holotype with wide, ellipsoidal pylome.

Dimensions:
Holotype - length 90 µm, breadth 78 µm, pylome c. 31x42 µm.
Paratype 1 - length 81 µm, breadth 70 µm; Paratype 2 - length 112 µm, breadth 87 µm.
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