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Tanaocystis sprinklei
Taxonomy
Tanaocystis sprinklei was named by Guensburg (1984). Its type specimen is UI X-5880 and is a 3D body fossil.
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 1984 | Tanaocystis sprinklei Guensburg pp. 59 - 60 figs. Plate 12, figures 9-14, 16, 17; Text-figure 12 |
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†Tanaocystis sprinklei Guensburg 1984
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Diagnosis
| Reference | Diagnosis | |
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| T. E. Guensburg 1984 | A species of Tanaocystis characterized by an elongate theca; B1-B2, B2-B3 sutures curved; rhombs greatly elongate, medium length dichopores with approximately 0.14 mm average spacing, IL5-L5 rhomb present; thecal plates ornamented with numerous prominent, wide, subcentral, radiating, discontinuous ridges, nodes common between ridges; periproct subround; outer columnals of distal portion of proximal stem region rounded with faint nodes. |
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| References: Aberhan 1992, Aberhan et al. 2004 | |||||
Collections
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