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Palaeocystodinium minor
Palaeocystodinium minor Strauss in Strauss et al., 2001, p.407, pl.2, figs.1–3; text-fig.2 (part).
This name was not validly published in Rusbült and Strauss (1992, p.156 — caption to fig.2) and Lund et al. (1993, caption to pl.1, fig.15) since these authors did not provide a description.
Holotype: Strauss et al., 2001, pl.2, fig.1.
Age: middle Miocene.
Originals description (Strauss et al. 2001):
Diagnosis: A characteristically small, bicornucavate species with two slim polar horns, which are hardly set off from the central body and have acute distal tips. The horn tips are sparsely ornamented with granules, otherwise the pericyst surface is scrabate or smooth and may display very faint longitudinal parasutural ledges at the horn bases. The shape and surface of the archaeopyle and endocyst are identical with those of P. golzowense.
Size: length 98-127µm, width 20...37 µm
Remarks: The species is distinctive on account of its small size in combination with the weak granulation of the horn tips. The species is discussed as evolutionary derivative of P. miocaenicum is Strauss (1991a) and sometimes also shows a very reduced lateral outgrowth half way along the antapical horn.
This name was not validly published in Rusbült and Strauss (1992, p.156 — caption to fig.2) and Lund et al. (1993, caption to pl.1, fig.15) since these authors did not provide a description.
Holotype: Strauss et al., 2001, pl.2, fig.1.
Age: middle Miocene.
Originals description (Strauss et al. 2001):
Diagnosis: A characteristically small, bicornucavate species with two slim polar horns, which are hardly set off from the central body and have acute distal tips. The horn tips are sparsely ornamented with granules, otherwise the pericyst surface is scrabate or smooth and may display very faint longitudinal parasutural ledges at the horn bases. The shape and surface of the archaeopyle and endocyst are identical with those of P. golzowense.
Size: length 98-127µm, width 20...37 µm
Remarks: The species is distinctive on account of its small size in combination with the weak granulation of the horn tips. The species is discussed as evolutionary derivative of P. miocaenicum is Strauss (1991a) and sometimes also shows a very reduced lateral outgrowth half way along the antapical horn.