Bianchina hieroglyphica gen. et sp. nov., a new dinoflagellate cyst with a unique archaeopyle type and ornament from the mid-Cretaceous of the East Coast Basin, New Zealand

doi:10.1080/01916122.2015.1092479

Bianchina hieroglyphica gen. et sp. nov., a new dinoflagellate cyst with a unique archaeopyle type and ornament from the mid-Cretaceous of the East Coast Basin, New Zealand

Schiøler, Poul

The new dinoflagellate cyst Bianchina hieroglyphica gen. et sp. nov. with the unique combination of archaeopyle type 3Ia3Pa_3–5'' and a characteristic penitabular, hieroglyph-like surface ornament is described from rocks of Late Aptian to Middle Cenomanian age (mid-Cretaceous) from the New Zealand East Coast Basin.

Publication:

Palynology

Pub Date:

September 2016

DOI:

10.1080/01916122.2015.1092479

Bibcode:

2016Paly...40..411S

Keywords:

fossil dinoflagellates;
mid-Cretaceous;
biostratigraphy;
archaeopyle type;
East Coast Basin;
New Zealand

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Bianchina hieroglyphica gen. et sp. nov., a new dinoflagellate cyst with a unique archaeopyle type and ornament from the mid-Cretaceous of the East Coast Basin, New Zealand

Abstract