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Hystrichosphaera pseudofurcata
Hystrichosphaera pseudofurcata Varma and Dangwal, 1964
Now Spiniferites uarmae. Originally Hystrichosphaera pseudofurcata, subsequently (and now) Spiniferites varmae.
Sr. homonym of Hystrichosphaera pseudofurcata (Klumpp, 1953) Gocht, 1969.
Holotype: Varma and Dangwal, 1964, pl.2, fig.7
Locus typicus: Western India, Cambay Basin, C.D.W. no. 1, 1580-85 m
Stratum typicum: Eocene-Oligocene
Original diagnosis: Varma and Dangwal, 1964, p.66
Body spherical, smooth to granulate. Body wall distinct, about 3 µm thick. All over the body are seen a few, big, roundish to angular, 5- to 7-sided, platelike structures (size 15-25 µm) characteristic of Hystrichosphaera species. Generally, from the angles of these plates arise one or more processes which coalesce with one another, forming a sort of bundle. Tips of the processes in each bundle hang down sideways giving a false appearance of branching.
Measurement: Diameter of body ca. 45-60 µm; length of processes ca. 11 µm.
Affinities:
Varma and Dangwal, 1964, p.66: At first sight the specimens resemble Hystrichosphaera furcata, but a detailed comparison shows marked difference in the size of the body, in the organisation of the plates, and in the processes, which do not have true furcations.
Now Spiniferites uarmae. Originally Hystrichosphaera pseudofurcata, subsequently (and now) Spiniferites varmae.
Sr. homonym of Hystrichosphaera pseudofurcata (Klumpp, 1953) Gocht, 1969.
Holotype: Varma and Dangwal, 1964, pl.2, fig.7
Locus typicus: Western India, Cambay Basin, C.D.W. no. 1, 1580-85 m
Stratum typicum: Eocene-Oligocene
Original diagnosis: Varma and Dangwal, 1964, p.66
Body spherical, smooth to granulate. Body wall distinct, about 3 µm thick. All over the body are seen a few, big, roundish to angular, 5- to 7-sided, platelike structures (size 15-25 µm) characteristic of Hystrichosphaera species. Generally, from the angles of these plates arise one or more processes which coalesce with one another, forming a sort of bundle. Tips of the processes in each bundle hang down sideways giving a false appearance of branching.
Measurement: Diameter of body ca. 45-60 µm; length of processes ca. 11 µm.
Affinities:
Varma and Dangwal, 1964, p.66: At first sight the specimens resemble Hystrichosphaera furcata, but a detailed comparison shows marked difference in the size of the body, in the organisation of the plates, and in the processes, which do not have true furcations.