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Canningia wulagenensis

Canningia wulagenensis, He Chengquan, 1991

Holotype: He Chenquan, 1991, pl.9, fig.16
Location and stratigraphy: Ulugquat County, Baishibulake, Wulagen fm.
Age: Late Turonian-Early Senonian

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Original description: [He Chengquan, 1991]: (translated by Suning Hou, 07-01-2019):

Description:
Cyst oblique(inclined) side flattened, outline elongated - nearly pentagonal, lack of apical horn ,antapical concave, 2 wide, circle antapical horns tiny display and unequal.
Cyst wall thin, the surface granulate and diluted short rod-like processes, which expand distally, about 20 on the outline, of which the majority are on the antapical horns, but absent at the antapical concave placel (equivalent to sulcus), and even the particles are deteriorated. There is no trace of the cingulum.
Apical archeopyle, type (tA), caused by the movement of the apical part, edge clearly angular. Operculum completely separated and preserved in-situ.

Dimensions:
Holotype length (excluding processes) 75μm, lateral side width about 60μm, process 1-2.5μm.

Affinities:
The new species is somewhat similar in morphology to Canningia chinensis (sp. Nov.) And C. insignis (sp. Nov.). However, C. wulagenensis lacks a apical horn, whereas C. chinensis has an apical horn, process spiny; C. insignis is smaller, apical horn visible, antapical horns relatively long.
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