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Kisselovia major

Kisselovia major Vozzhennikova, 1960

Nomen nudum. No diagnosis given.
Vozzhennikova, 1967, designated as holotype a specimen which was subsequently lost.
Kisselovia major was a nomen nudum in Vozzhennikova, 1960 and Vozzhennikova, 1963.
Holotype: Vozzhennikova, 1960, pl.3, fig.1
Locus typicus: W. Siberia (Tara)
Stratum typicum: Eocene
Translation Vozzhennikova, 1967: Lees in Sarjeant, 1971

Original diagnosis: Vozzhennikova, 1967, p.104-105
Theca very large. Epitheca triangular with convex sides and a small apical horn, the end of which is blunt and has a small notch in the middle. Hypotheca trapeziform with convex sides and two small antapical horns. Lateral angles drawn out, but bluntly terminated and with a notch. Surface of theca reticulate and finely pitted. Margin of transverse furrow provided with small teeth. The division of the theca into plates or fields has never been observed.
Dimenisons: Length of theca 160 Ám. breadth 135 Ám.
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