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Pseudoceratium pelliferum var. pelliferum

Pseudoceratium pelliferum var. pelliferum

Autonym. Now redundant.
Holotype: Gocht, 1957, pl.18, fig.1
Locus typicus: Well Ruehlertwist 3, Emsland, NW Germany
Stratum typicum: Valanginian-Hauterivian
Translation Gocht, 1957: LPP

Original description: Gocht 1957, p. 166-168
Diagnosis: Shell flattened, in outline asymmetrically triangular, longer than wide, with strong apical horn and two shorter antapical horns of unequal length. Set more or less densely with short, rounded-blunt, brush-like processes, which stand isolated or are interconnected proximally.
Dimensions: Holotype: Length 132 µm, width 59 µm, apical horn about 35 µm, large antapical horn about 25 µm, small antapical horn about 12 µm. Processes around 2 µm. Other specimens: Length 92-173 (132) µm, width 52-70 (57) µm.
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