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Gonyaulax longicornis
Gonyaulax longicornis Downie 1957
Now Cribroperidinium?. Originally Gonyaulax, subsequently Gonyaulacysta, thirdly Gonyaulacysta?, fourthly Millioudodinium, fifthly (and now) Cribroperidinium?.
Holotype: Downie, 1957, pl.20, fig.8, text-figs.2a-b; Jan du Chêne et al., 1986, pl.30, fig.1
Locus typicus: Dorset, England
Stratum typicum: Late Kimmeridgian
Original diagnosis: Downie, 1957, p. 420
The test is approximatelly equidimensional and has a very long apical horn with a solid tip developed from plate 1". The length of the horn is about one-third of the total length. Fine striations run round it near the base. The spiral equatorial furrow divides the test into roughly equal parts. The longitudinal furrow is wide and less distinct. The tabulation is 4", 6"", 6""", 1"""", the plates being flat or slightly convex. The sutures have low flanges, at times very faint, and bear tiny spines that are prominent only where the sutures join.
Dimensions of holotype. Length 92 Ám; breadth 59 Ám; length of horn 36 Ám.
Affinities:
Downie, 1957, p. 420: This species was particularly common at Setchey where several well-preserved specimens were found. The long polar horn and low sutures are not associated in any other species of Gonyaulax but the general form may be compared with Palaeoperidinium nudum.
Now Cribroperidinium?. Originally Gonyaulax, subsequently Gonyaulacysta, thirdly Gonyaulacysta?, fourthly Millioudodinium, fifthly (and now) Cribroperidinium?.
Holotype: Downie, 1957, pl.20, fig.8, text-figs.2a-b; Jan du Chêne et al., 1986, pl.30, fig.1
Locus typicus: Dorset, England
Stratum typicum: Late Kimmeridgian
Original diagnosis: Downie, 1957, p. 420
The test is approximatelly equidimensional and has a very long apical horn with a solid tip developed from plate 1". The length of the horn is about one-third of the total length. Fine striations run round it near the base. The spiral equatorial furrow divides the test into roughly equal parts. The longitudinal furrow is wide and less distinct. The tabulation is 4", 6"", 6""", 1"""", the plates being flat or slightly convex. The sutures have low flanges, at times very faint, and bear tiny spines that are prominent only where the sutures join.
Dimensions of holotype. Length 92 Ám; breadth 59 Ám; length of horn 36 Ám.
Affinities:
Downie, 1957, p. 420: This species was particularly common at Setchey where several well-preserved specimens were found. The long polar horn and low sutures are not associated in any other species of Gonyaulax but the general form may be compared with Palaeoperidinium nudum.