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Deflandrea baltica

Deflandrea baltica (Vozzhennikova, 1967) Lentin and Williams, 1976

Now Cerodinium. Originally (and now) Cerodinium, subsequently Deflandrea; See also Ceratiopsis (combination illegitimate).
Holotype: Vozzhennikova, 1967, pl.117, figs.2a-b; Lentin and Vozzhennikova, 1990, pl.3 figs.4-6; text-fig.14
Locus typicus: Baltic (Kaliningrad region), USSR
Stratum typicum: Eocene
Translation Vozzhennikova, 1967: Lentin and Vozzhennikova, 1990

Original description: Vozzhennikova, 1967, p.154: Cerodinium balticum
Epitheca conical with a narrow, curved apical horn at the tip. Hypotheca smaller than epitheca, trapeziform with concave sides and straight or curved antapical horns which are widely separated. Transverse furrow shallow, annulate, equatorial and somewhat projecting on the lateral walls of the theca. Longitudinal furrow situated on the hypotheca. Margins of furrows with short outgrowths. Internal body oval bright yellow, its surface granular. Theca yellow colored, smooth or finely dotted. Pylome trapeziform.
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