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Surculosphaeridium belowii

Surculosphaeridium belowii Yun, 1981

Holotype: Yun, 1981, pl.16, fig.5, text-figs. 11a-b; Fensome et al., 1991, figs. 2-4 - p. 587
Locus typicus: Timmermann brickyard near Esbeck, Germany
Stratum typicum: Early Santonian
Translation Yun, 1981: Fensome et al., 1991, p. 587-588

Original diagnosis: Yun, 1981, p. 40
On each plate the chorate cyst has one spine which is basally or medially forked into two branches; the free ends of the branches are slightly expanded, briefly furcate or truncate. The spines are solid and of uniform width. The species has an apical archeopyle and probably the following spine arrangement: 4", 6"", 1a, 6c, 6""", 1p, 3"""".
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