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Wetzeliella neocomica forma dedecosa

From Fensome et al., 2019:
Wetzeliella neocomica forma dedecosa Gocht, 1957, p.177; text-fig.11.
Holotype: Gocht, 1957, text-fig.11.
Originally Wetzeliella? neocomica forma dedecosa, subsequently Phoberocysta neocomica subsp. dedecosa.
Taxonomic senior synonym: Wetzeliella? (as Muderongia) neocomica subsp. neocomica (now redundant), by implication in Monteil (1991b, p.477), who listed this taxon as a taxonomic junior synonym of Phoberocysta neocomica.
Age: Hauterivian.

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Original description (Gocht, 1957) Not yet translated from German.
Shell with a closed side edge, without lobes and only angularly bulged in places. Side horns broad-based, slightly curved downwards and clearly notched at the edge. Antapical horn slightly serrated, shel completely smooth, without trace of furrowing, only one halved piece has a transverse fold. Dimensions of the specimen in Fig. 11: length 91 µ, width 72 µ, apical horn 15 µ, antapical horn 17 µ, lateral horns each about 12 µ. Occurrence: One complete and 2 halved pieces in sample 9.
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