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Cyclopsiella elliptica

Cyclopsiella elliptica Drugg and Loeblich Jr., 1967
Acritarch

Holotype: Drugg and Loeblich Jr., 1967, pl.3, figs.1-2
Age: Oligocene

Heilmann-Clausen in Heilmann-Clausen and Costa, 1989, p. 464; pl.21, figs.1-4: Cyclopsiell elliptica group
Manum, 1976: Ascostomocystis sp. I
Manum, 1976: Cyclopsiella elliptica
The circular aperture in these specimens is either placed some distance within the periphery, like in typical C. elliptica, or at the periphery, like in Ascostomocystis sp. I of Manum, 1976. In the rich material recovered, they form one population.
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