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Membranilarnax gigantea

Membranilarnax gigantea Tasch, 1964

Originally Membranilarnax, subsequently Membranilarnacia?.
Tax. jr. synonym of Schizosporis reticulata Cookson and Dettrnann, 1959, according to Pierce, 1976.
Holotype: Tasch, 1964, pl.2, fig.13
Locus typicus: Clark County, Kansas, U.S.A.
Stratum typicum: Albian

Original diagnosis: Tasch, 1964, p.192
Shell ovate to spherical, bearing numerous sharply defined polygons arranged in a network on body. Processes, brief, uniform, and at their terminations forming a fringe; strongly expressed, bifurcate at ends and joined to form peripheral nembrane. At their bases, any two adjacent processes aupear to be the extended sides of an open polygon.
Dimensions: Length, 110 Ám; width, 90 Ám; fringe, 5-8 Ám wide; inner capsule wall, 2-4 Ám thick.
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