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Quadrina pallida
Quadrina pallida Bujak in Bujak et al., 1980
Acritarch
Holotype: Bujak in Bujak et al., 1980, pl.22, fig.9
Locus typicus: Hampshire, southern England
Stratum typicum: Late Eocene
Original diagnosis: Bujak, 1980, p.91
Test flattened and rectangular with four rounded, often swollen, corners. The longer pair of opposite sides are constricted medially and the shorter pair of sides are less strongly constricted or are undistricted. Wall thin, smooth to chagrinate, and pale. Between six and twelve spines occur at each corner of the test. The spines are flexuous and ribbon-like with accuminate or rounded terminations.
Dimensions: Test = 16x17 µm to 24x28 µm. Spine length up to 17 µm. Number of specimens measured = 15.
Acritarch
Holotype: Bujak in Bujak et al., 1980, pl.22, fig.9
Locus typicus: Hampshire, southern England
Stratum typicum: Late Eocene
Original diagnosis: Bujak, 1980, p.91
Test flattened and rectangular with four rounded, often swollen, corners. The longer pair of opposite sides are constricted medially and the shorter pair of sides are less strongly constricted or are undistricted. Wall thin, smooth to chagrinate, and pale. Between six and twelve spines occur at each corner of the test. The spines are flexuous and ribbon-like with accuminate or rounded terminations.
Dimensions: Test = 16x17 µm to 24x28 µm. Spine length up to 17 µm. Number of specimens measured = 15.