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Oodnadattia cooksoniae

Oodnadattia cooksoniae Kimyai, 1966

Originally Oodnadattia, subsequently Dinopterygium.
Tax. jr. synonym of Oodnadattia (now Dinopterygium) tuberculata Eisenack and Cookson, 1960, according to Below, 1981.
Holotype: Kimyai, 1966, pl.2, fig. 21
Locus typicus: Woodbridge, New Jersey, U.S.A.
Stratum typicum: Cenomanian

Original diagnosis: Kimyai, 1966, p.471
Shell longer than broad; apical and antapical surfaces convex; shell circular to broadly oval in equatorial outline, with longitudinal furrow, bordered with two membraneous wings; outer wing 8-10 µm and inner one 12-14 µm wide; intermediate plates extending into the equatorial wing.
Dimensions: Diameter 63-75 µm.
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