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Aireiana taiwaniana

Aireiana taiwaniana, Shaw Chenglong, 1999b, p. 165, figs.4-6.

Holotype: Shaw Chenglong, 1999b, figs.4-6.
Stratigraphic occurrence: Eocene (OK-1 well 1638m).
Age: Eocene

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Original description: [Shaw Chenglong, 1999b]:

Description:
Cyst spherical and composed or two appressed wall layers. Periphragm less van 1 μm thick, smooth, elevated locally to form 14 or more crumpled-cylindrical to conate intratabular processes that are closed distally.
Processes about 7 μm high.
Paracingulum usually poorly defined.
Archeopyle indistinct.

Dimensions:
Holotype – overall diameter 51 μm, diameter of cyst 40 μm, surface features with crumpled-cylindrical to conate intratabular processes that are closed distally, the processes up to 7 μm long.

Remarks:
The new species most closely resembles Aireiana verrucosa Cookson & Eisenack in having a roughly similar outline; however, it differs both in having smooth periphragm and in having smaller size.
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