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Mendicodinium kemperi
Mendicodinium kemperi Heilmann-Clausen and Thomsen 1995
Holotype: Heilmann-Clausen and Thomsen 1995: Pl. 5, figs. 11, 12
Type locality: Ahlum l
Type stratum: Core depth 236 m. Lower Barremian.
Paratype 1: Heilmann-Clausen and Thomsen 1995: Pl. 5, fig. 14 (Sarstedt)
Paratype 2: Heilmann-Clausen and Thomsen 1995: Pl. 5, fig. 16 (Sarstedt)
Diagnosis: Heilmann-Clausen and Thomsen 1995, p. 302-303
Proximate cyst of subsphaerical shape, slightly flattened at apex and antapex. The autophragm is thin-walled and ornamented by fine discontinuous ridges, rugulae and granules. The sculpture partially marks parasutures. Similar sculpture elements are locally present as incomplete accessory parasutures and also occur in a non-tabular vermiculate pattern. The archaeopyle is epicystal with a hinge at the parasulcus.
Dimensions of holotype: Breadth 62Ám.
Dimensions of measured specimens: Breadth: 60 (67) 78Ám. (5 specimens measured)
Comparison: Mendicodinium caperatum BRIDEAUX, 1977 is the morphologically closest relative of M. kemperi. M. caperatum differs by having an exclusively non-tabular ornament which is of lesser relief.
Holotype: Heilmann-Clausen and Thomsen 1995: Pl. 5, figs. 11, 12
Type locality: Ahlum l
Type stratum: Core depth 236 m. Lower Barremian.
Paratype 1: Heilmann-Clausen and Thomsen 1995: Pl. 5, fig. 14 (Sarstedt)
Paratype 2: Heilmann-Clausen and Thomsen 1995: Pl. 5, fig. 16 (Sarstedt)
Diagnosis: Heilmann-Clausen and Thomsen 1995, p. 302-303
Proximate cyst of subsphaerical shape, slightly flattened at apex and antapex. The autophragm is thin-walled and ornamented by fine discontinuous ridges, rugulae and granules. The sculpture partially marks parasutures. Similar sculpture elements are locally present as incomplete accessory parasutures and also occur in a non-tabular vermiculate pattern. The archaeopyle is epicystal with a hinge at the parasulcus.
Dimensions of holotype: Breadth 62Ám.
Dimensions of measured specimens: Breadth: 60 (67) 78Ám. (5 specimens measured)
Comparison: Mendicodinium caperatum BRIDEAUX, 1977 is the morphologically closest relative of M. kemperi. M. caperatum differs by having an exclusively non-tabular ornament which is of lesser relief.