Escharisphaeridia senegalense Jan du Chêne, 1988

Holotype: Jan du Chêne, 1988, pl.15, fig.5-6
Paratypes: Jan du Chêne, 1988, pl.15, fig.1-4, 7-8
Locus typicus: Formation des Madeleines, Dakar, Senegal
Stratum typicum: Danian
Translation Jan du Chêne, 1988: LPP

Original description: Jan du Chêne, 1988, p. 155
Cyst circular to elliptical in outline, its surface densely ornamented with granulae of irregular shape, distributed over the entire surface. The paratabulation is only indicated by the position of the apical archaeopyle, Type (tA), and by secondary sutures of the archaeopyle, observable between some precingular paraplates.
Dimensions: equatorial diameter of cyst: 30-40 µm; cyst length: 32-38 µm (5 specimens measured).

Affinities:
Jan du Chêne, 1988, p. 155
The Escharisphaeridia species already known, E. pockocki (Sarjeant, 1968) Erkmen and Sarjeant, 1980, E. rudis Davies, 1983, and E. psilata Kumar, 1986, are Jurassic in age.
E. senegalense differs from these species in its small size and its coarsely granulous ornamentation.