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Morphology, Systematics, and Stratigraphic Significance of the Dinocyst Genus Dingodinium

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New material from the Upper Kimmeridgian and Volgian of the Gorodishche section (Ulyanovsk Region, Russia) allows a more accurate definition of the tabulation formula and archeopyle morphology of the dinocyst genus Dingodinium. The partiform pattern of the antapex and morphological features of the epicyst indicate that the genus Dingodinium should be attributed to the family Cladopyxiaceae of the suborder Cladopyxiineae. The genus Dingodinium as well as the species D. albertii, D. jurassicum, and D. tuberosum are revised, and a new species, D. nequeas, is described. In addition, the published data on Jurassic and Cretaceous species of the genus Dingodinium are analyzed and morphological criteria allowing their identification are recognized. Many species have a wide geographic distribution. Some species can be regarded as stratigraphically important for certain intervals of the Jurassic and Cretaceous.

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ACKNOWLEDGMENTS

I am sincerely grateful to V.V. Mitta for his leadership in the fieldwork during a joint expedition of the A.A. Borissiak Paleontological Institute, Russian Academy of Sciences and Trofimuk Institute of Petroleum Geology and Geophysics, Siberian Branch, Russian Academy of Sciences. I also thank the reviewers and the Editorial Office for attentive treatment of the manuscript, valuable comments and suggestions that helped to present the study and improve the paper. The study was supported by the Presidium of the Russian Academy of Sciences, project IX.126.1.3, RSF Project no. 18-17-00038, IGSP Projects 608 and 632, and the Russian Foundation for Basic Research, project no. 18-17-00038.

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Pestchevitskaya, E.B. Morphology, Systematics, and Stratigraphic Significance of the Dinocyst Genus Dingodinium. Paleontol. J. 52, 682–696 (2018). https://doi.org/10.1134/S0031030118060084

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