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Mancodinium semitabulatum var. fossatum

Mancodinium semitabulatum var. fossatum Below, 1987

Now Mancodinium semitabulatum ssp. fossatum. Originally Mancodinium semitabulatum var. fossatum, subsequently (and now) Mancodinium semitabulatum ssp. fossatum.
Holotype: Below, 1987, pl.6, figs.7-8,10; Fensome et al., 1993, p.1201
Locus typicus: Marloffstein clay pit, Franconia, Germany
Stratum typicum: Late Pliensbachian
Translation Below, 1987: Fensome et al., 1993

Original Description: Below, 1987, p.27
A variant of Mancodinium semitabulatum with a scabrate surface and flat-bottomed pits of various sizes, usually diffusely scattered or arranged in rows along fines; short gemmae or tubercles present in intraareate groups or peniareate rows, or reduced.
Size: Holotype: length (without apical area owing to archeopyle development) 45 µm, breadth 45 µm, thickness 43 µm.
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