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Ginginodinium claustrum

Ginginodinium? claustrum Islam, 1983

Islam, 1983, questionably included this species in Ginginodinium.
Holotype: Islam, 1983, pl.2, fig.12-13; text-fig.6
Paratype: Islam, 1983
Locus typicus: Hampshire Basin, S England
Stratum typicum: Early Eocene

Original diagnosis: Islam, 1983, p. 339
Cyst dorsoventrally compressed peridinioid, bearing short apical horn with blunt tip, acavate, proximochorate and biphragmal; endophragm chagrinate or microreticulate; periphragm chagrinate; penitabular septa of variable heights not exceeding 5 Ám, with variable distal indentations, Iying too close to parasutures to look parasutural in location; paratabulation 4", 3a, 7", 6c, 5""", 2"""", 1-3s; critically located posterior septa often resembling antapical horns, which are absent; a few forms with divided septa, resembling discrete processes; archeopyle intercalary type 3I/3I with free opercular pieces.
Dimensions: Holotype: cyst body 45 x 40 Ám, length of apical horn 6 Ám. Range: cyst length 48(38)32 Ám, breadth 48(39)31 Ám, length of apical horn 8(6)4 Ám. Specimens measured: 12.

Affinities:
Islam, 1983, p. 339: This species differs from others of the genus in possessing closely Iying penitabular septa and in the absence of intratabular ornamentation. Its generic allocation remains tentative for the latter.
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