Re-interpretation of the archaeopyle type in the dinoflagellate cyst <i>Leberidocysta</i>? <i>scabrata</i> (Jain &amp; Taugourdeau-Lantz, 1973) Stover &amp; Evitt, 1978 and its taxonomic reallocation

Khowaja-Ateequzzaman,; Garg, Rahul

doi:https://doi.org/10.1144/jm.23.1.11

Articles | Volume 23, issue 1

https://doi.org/10.1144/jm.23.1.11

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https://doi.org/10.1144/jm.23.1.11

© Author(s) 2004. This work is distributed under
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Articles | Volume 23, issue 1

01 May 2004

| 01 May 2004

Re-interpretation of the archaeopyle type in the dinoflagellate cyst Leberidocysta? scabrata (Jain & Taugourdeau-Lantz, 1973) Stover & Evitt, 1978 and its taxonomic reallocation

Khowaja-Ateequzzaman and Rahul Garg

Abstract. The holotype and some additional specimens from the type material of the dinoflagellate cyst species Leberidocysta? scabrata (Jain & Taugourdeau-Lantz, 1973) Stover & Evitt, 1978, described from the Grey Shale Member (Lower Albian), Dalmiapuram Formation, Cauvery Basin, southern India are re-investigated. The diagnosis is emended and the species is reallocated to the genus Ovoidinium Davey, 1970, emend. Lentin & Williams, 1976.