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Microdinium dentatum ssp. dentatum

Microdinium dentatum ssp. dentatum

Autonym, now redundant.
Holotype: Vozzhennikova, 1967, pl.38, fig.2a-e; Lentin and Vozzhennikova, 1990, pl.12, figs.5-7, text-fig.59
Locus typicus: Smolensk region, Russia
Stratum typicum: Late Cretaceous
Translation Vozzhennikova, 1967: Lees in Sarjeant (ed.) 1971, p. 144

Original diagnosis: Vozzhennikova 1967, p. 94-95
Theca spherical or ovoid. Epitheca smaller than hypotheca. Arrangement of plates as in Microdinium ornatum. Plates and margins of transverse furrow bounded by light coloured toothed crest. Theca pale yellow in colour, the surface granular.
Dimensions: Length: 32.4-40.5 Ám; Breadth: 32.4-37 Ám; Width of transverse furrow: 5.4 Ám; Width of crest: 4-5 Ám.
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