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Senegalinium macrocystum
From Fensome et al., 2019:
Senegalinium macrocystum (Cookson and Eisenack, 1960a, p.3, pl.1, figs.7–8) Stover and Evitt, 1978, p.123. Holotype: Cookson and Eisenack, 1960a, pl.1, fig.7. Originally Deflandrea, subsequently Alterbia (combination illegitimate), thirdly (and now) Senegalinium. Age: Campanian.
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Locus typicus: Carnavron Basin, W. Australia
Stratum typicum: Campanian
Original description: Cookson and Eisenack, 1960, p.3: Deflandrea macrocysta
Shell almost entirely filled with a large sphaeroidal to ovoidal capsule; shell membrane thin and delicate, usually only evident at or near the apex, where it forms a triangular horn, and at the antapex, where it extends beyond the capsule as a flat expansion (often destroyed) in which occasionally there are indications of two antapical projections. A broad, shallow girdle divides the shell unequally, the epitheca being appreciably larger than the hypotheca. The wall of the capsule is rather thick and coarsely and densely granular. A pylome has not been observed.
Dimensions: Holotype: 94 µm long; 67 µm broad. Range: 80-109x55-70 µm.
Senegalinium macrocystum (Cookson and Eisenack, 1960a, p.3, pl.1, figs.7–8) Stover and Evitt, 1978, p.123. Holotype: Cookson and Eisenack, 1960a, pl.1, fig.7. Originally Deflandrea, subsequently Alterbia (combination illegitimate), thirdly (and now) Senegalinium. Age: Campanian.
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Locus typicus: Carnavron Basin, W. Australia
Stratum typicum: Campanian
Original description: Cookson and Eisenack, 1960, p.3: Deflandrea macrocysta
Shell almost entirely filled with a large sphaeroidal to ovoidal capsule; shell membrane thin and delicate, usually only evident at or near the apex, where it forms a triangular horn, and at the antapex, where it extends beyond the capsule as a flat expansion (often destroyed) in which occasionally there are indications of two antapical projections. A broad, shallow girdle divides the shell unequally, the epitheca being appreciably larger than the hypotheca. The wall of the capsule is rather thick and coarsely and densely granular. A pylome has not been observed.
Dimensions: Holotype: 94 µm long; 67 µm broad. Range: 80-109x55-70 µm.