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Pseudoceratium nudum
Pseudoceratium? nudum Gocht, 1957
Now Odontochitina. Originally Pseudoceratium?, subsequently (and now) Odontochitina. Gocht, 1957 questionably included this species in Pseudoceratium.
Holotype: Gocht, 1957, pl.18, fig.3
Locus typicus: Emsland, Germany
Stratum typicum: Late Hauterivian
Translation Gocht, 1957: LPP
Original diagnosis: Gocht, 1957, p. 168
Shell with three very narrow, thin and elongated horns. Shell smooth and without ornamentation.
Dimensions: Holotype: Length 216 µm, width ca. 50 µm. Apical horn ca. 75 µm. Antapical horns 57 µm and 25 µm. Range: Length 190-228 µm, width 45-70 µm.
Affinities: Gocht, 1957, p. 168
The species differs from P. pelliferum by being larger, by the elongated horns and the lack of ornamentation. The shell pale and nearly colourless. Apical and antapical horns on one axis.
Now Odontochitina. Originally Pseudoceratium?, subsequently (and now) Odontochitina. Gocht, 1957 questionably included this species in Pseudoceratium.
Holotype: Gocht, 1957, pl.18, fig.3
Locus typicus: Emsland, Germany
Stratum typicum: Late Hauterivian
Translation Gocht, 1957: LPP
Original diagnosis: Gocht, 1957, p. 168
Shell with three very narrow, thin and elongated horns. Shell smooth and without ornamentation.
Dimensions: Holotype: Length 216 µm, width ca. 50 µm. Apical horn ca. 75 µm. Antapical horns 57 µm and 25 µm. Range: Length 190-228 µm, width 45-70 µm.
Affinities: Gocht, 1957, p. 168
The species differs from P. pelliferum by being larger, by the elongated horns and the lack of ornamentation. The shell pale and nearly colourless. Apical and antapical horns on one axis.