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Chlamydophorella fenestrata

Chlamydophorella fenestrata, Jain and Garg in Jain et al., 1984

Holotype: Jain et al., 1984, pl.1, fig.19
Locus typicus: MallaJohar area, Pithoragarh district, U. P., India
Stratum typicum: Kimmeridgian-Early Tithonian

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Original description: [Jain and Garg, 1984, p. 72]:

Diagnosis:
Cyst elongate, holocavate, broadly rounded at both ends; autophragm only, covered with closely placed, slender, narrow processes, equal in size, distally open, expanded, supporting fenestrate delicate wall.
Archeopyle apical.
No indication of paracingulum.

Dimensions:
Overall cyst size: 85 x70 µm. Length of processes up to 10 µm.

Affinities:
C. fenestrata Jain and Garg compares best with C. wallala in having similar cyst shape but differs in its profusely fenestrate outer wall and simple processes.
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