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Gonyaulacysta tenuitabulata

Gonyaulacysta tenuitabulata (Gerlach 1961) De Coninck 1969

Now Cribroperidinium. Originally Gonyaulax, subsequently Gonyaulacysta, thirdly Millioudodinium, fourthly (and now) Cribroperidinium, fifthly Rhynchodiniopsis.
Sarjeant, 1984, transferred this species to Rhynchodiniopsis Deflandre 1935. Lentin and Williams, 1985, retained it in Cribroperidinium Neale and Sarjeant 1962.

Holotype: Gerlach, 1961, pl.25, figs.10-11
Locus typicus: EmsbĀ³ren boring no. 7, NW Germany
Stratum typicum: Middle Oligocene-Middle Miocene
Translation Gerlach, 1961: Sarjeant, 1984

Original diagnosis: Gerlach, 1961, p. 160: Gonyaulax tenuitabulatum
Shell thin-walled, broadly spheroidal, with short, blunt apical horn. Tabulation pattern: 4", 6", 6""", 1p, 1pv, 1"""". Plates enclosed by low, narrow crests. Girdle furrow spiral, with an offset of about 1 1/2 furrow widths. Membrane finely granulate.
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