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Globulocystites rotundatus
Taxonomy
Globulocystites rotundatus was named by Frest et al. (1979). Its type specimen is SUI 44438 and is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Rye Cove, Clinchport, which is in an Ashbyan transition zone/lower shoreface packstone/grainstone in the Benbolt Formation of Virginia. It is the type species of Globulocystites.
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 1979 | Globulocystites rotundatus Frest et al. pp. 395 - 396 figs. P1. 2, figs. 1-8, 13-18; Text-figs. 7A, B, 8, 9 |
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†Globulocystites rotundatus Frest et al. 1979
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Diagnosis
| Reference | Diagnosis | |
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| T. J. Frest et al. 1979 | Globulocystites with strongly inflated, nearly spherical theca with circular profile and broadly oval cross section. Arms unequal, right arm does not reach column; calluses narrow, not strongly protruded from theca. Thecal plating: P1-P9, A1-A6, paired A7, A8, and A9, R2-R5, L1-L3, three BB, variable number of intercalates (average seven) on right side. Ornament: coarse pustules on immature and most adult specimens, thin irregular ridges and pustules on gerontic individuals. |
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| References: Aberhan 1992, Aberhan et al. 2004 | |||||