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Palaeotetradinium simplex
Palaeotetradinium simplex Yu Jingxian, 1982
Now Cupritia. Originally Palaeotetradinium, subsequently (and now) Cupritia.
Holotype: Yu Jingxian, 1982, pl.8, fig.18
Age: Late Kimmeridgian-Berriasian
Description: Cysts rhombic in outline. Length equal to or somewhat greater than width. Periphragm only, 0.5 - 1 µm thick. Surface smooth or finely granulate. Apical horn is extended portion of epicyst. Along periphery is wrinkling zone formed of ridges 5 - 6 µm wide and morphologically similar to cyst. Wrinkling zone protrudes outwardly at equator, perhaps equivalent to paracingulum.
Size: Cysts 40 - 50 µm long and 38 - 44 µm wide.
Comparison: This new species resembles P. paucispinum (Alberti) in cyst morphology but is distinguished from the latter by lack of apical archeopyle and absence of spinous ornamentation at the paracingulum.
Now Cupritia. Originally Palaeotetradinium, subsequently (and now) Cupritia.
Holotype: Yu Jingxian, 1982, pl.8, fig.18
Age: Late Kimmeridgian-Berriasian
Description: Cysts rhombic in outline. Length equal to or somewhat greater than width. Periphragm only, 0.5 - 1 µm thick. Surface smooth or finely granulate. Apical horn is extended portion of epicyst. Along periphery is wrinkling zone formed of ridges 5 - 6 µm wide and morphologically similar to cyst. Wrinkling zone protrudes outwardly at equator, perhaps equivalent to paracingulum.
Size: Cysts 40 - 50 µm long and 38 - 44 µm wide.
Comparison: This new species resembles P. paucispinum (Alberti) in cyst morphology but is distinguished from the latter by lack of apical archeopyle and absence of spinous ornamentation at the paracingulum.