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Dodekovia gochtii

Dodekovia gochtii (Dodekova, 1975) D÷rh÷fer and Davies, 1980

Now Chytroeisphaeridia. Originally Tectatodinium, subsequently Dodekouia, thirdly (and now) Chytroeisphaeridia.

Holotype: Dodekova, 1975, pl.3, fig.10
Locus typicus: Gurkovo, NE Bulgaria
Stratum typicum: Late Bathonian

Original description: Dodekova, 1975, p. 31: Tectatodinium gochtii
Ovoidal dinoflagellate cyst. The wall is thick, twolayered. The inner layer is Ihin, the outer--thick (2.5 Ám), with fibrous structure which can be established in optical section of the wall. Surface fine reticulate. On the apical end a thickening of the outer layer is found, which forms a strongly rounded, short apical horn. Furrows are not to be seem The archaeopyle is precingular, one plate.

Affinities:
Dodekova, 1975, p. 31: Tectatodinium gochtii
The apical thickening and the pointining of the apex distinguish Tectatodinium gochtii from T. pellitum Wall 1967.
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