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Palaeocystodinium pilosum

Dinophyceae - Peridiniales - Deflandreaceae

Taxonomy
Palaeocystodinium pilosum was named by Guler (2005). It is not extant. Its type locality is Estancia 25 de Mayo (VG5), which is in a Maastrichtian coastal sandstone/mudstone in the Calafate Formation of Argentina.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2005Palaeocystodinium pilosum Guler
2005Palaeocystodinium pilosum Guler et al. pp. 421-422
2021Palaeocystodinium pilosum Estebenet et al.

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RankNameAuthor
—Life
—Eukaryota()
—Chromalveolata
—Alveolata
—Myzozoa
subphylumDinozoa
RankNameAuthor
superclassDinoflagellata
classDinophyceae
orderPeridiniales
familyDeflandreaceae
genusPalaeocystodinium
speciespilosumGuler 2005

If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.

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Diagnosis
ReferenceDiagnosis
M. V. Guler et al. 2005Proximate, cornucavate dinoflagellate cysts with an elongate ovoidal central body. Apical and antapical horns are distally acuminate. Periphragm densely covered with fine hairs, endophragm granulate. Intercalary archeopyle, type 2a.
Measurements
No measurements are available
No ecological data are available

Age range: Late/Upper Maastrichtian or 70.60000 to 66.00000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Maastrichtian70.6 - 66.0Argentina (Santa Cruz) Palaeocystodinium pilosum (type locality: 232643)