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Nyktericysta dictyophora
Nyktericysta "dictyophora" He Chengquan et al., 1992, p.184,190–191, pl.1, figs.1–9. Emendation: Mao Shaozhi et al., 1999, p.156, as Quantouendinium dictyophorum. Holotype: He Chengquan et al., 1992, pl.1, fig.1; Gao Ruiqi et al., 1992b, pl.1, fig.1; Gao Ruiqi et al., 1992c, pl.1, fig.8; Mao Shaozhi et al., 1999, pl.5, fig.2. NOW Quantouendinium. Originally Nyktericysta, subsequently (and now) Quantouendinium. Taxonomic junior synonyms: Nyktericysta dictyophora subsp. circularis and Nyktericysta fusiformis, both according to Mao Shaozhi et al. (1999, p.156); however, He Chengquan et al. (2009, p.304) retained the two taxa as Quantouendinium dictyophorum subsp. circulare and Quantouendinium fusiforme respectively. Age: Albian.