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Glaphyrocysta kachchhensis

Glaphyrocysta kachchhensis Jain and Tandon, 1981, p.9, pl.1, figs.17-19.
Holotype: Jain and Tandon, 1981, pl.1, figs.17-18; Fauconnier and Masure, 2004, pl.32, figs.10-11.
Age: Mid Eocene.

Original description (Jain and Tandon, 1981)
Diagnosis: Cyst dorso-ventrally flattened, double layered, peripragm coarsly granulate, gives rise to two types of processes along peripheral zone; on one side short, stout, broad, variously branched, proximal fenestration destinct, some distally united and a few remain free; on other side processes long, thin, stem of single process branched several times, distally not united with each other, arcuate process complexes distinct. Archaeopyle apical with zig-zag margin.

Measurements: Holotype (Range)
Cyst size: 50x32µm (40-60x25-35 µm)
Length of short process up to: 18 µm (32µm)
Length of long process up to: 30 µm (30µm)

Comparison: Glaphyrocysta kachchhensis differs from the known species of the genus in its thin variable type of processes and coarsly granulate periphragm.
Type locality: Baranda, S-W Kachchh, India. Age: Middle Eocene.
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