A new excystment mechanism in the Silurian acritarch Diexallophasis of Virginia

Volume / Part: 21 / 4
Publication Date: November 1978
Page(s): 869 - 872
Authored By: Ann Brooke Reaugh

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Diexallophasis denticulata (Stockmans and Williere) Loeblich, 1970 excysted through an ornamented circumferential break in the central body wall. This is the first report of a patterned opening among acritarchs which have previously been reported to open by simple rupture or cryptosuture.

Palaeontology - Volume 21 Part 4 Pages 869-872

Palaeontology - Volume 21 Part 4 Pages 869-872

Citations

REAUGH, A. 1978. A new excystment mechanism in the Silurian acritarch Diexallophasis of Virginia. Palaeontology, 21, 4, 869–872.