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Membranilarnax formosa

Membranilarnax formosa Tasch, 1964

Originally Membranilarnax, subsequently Membranilarnacia?.
Tax. jr. synonym of Schizosporis reticulata Cookson and Dettmann, 1959, according to Pierce, 1976.
Holotype: Tasch, 1964, pl.1, fig.23
Locus typicus: Clark County, Kansas, U.S.A.
Stratum typicum: Albian

Original diagnosis: Tasch, 1964, p.192
Irregularly subovate shell, tapered apically and bearing a network of polygons on inner capsule; thin, short, tubular processes joined by fine membrane forming fringe to inner capsule; processes projecting from polygon corners.
Dimensions: Length (maximum), 90 Ám; width (maximum), 46 Ám; average diameter of polygons, 6 Ám; length of processes, 5 Ám; density of processes per 5 Ám of edge, 1.5.
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