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Fossil Calcareous Dinoflagellate Cysts

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Calcareous Algae and Stromatolites

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Present knowledge of fossil calcareous dinoflagellate cysts is summarized briefly. All genera of the cyst family Calciodinellaceae Deflandre 1947, including most of the Mesozoic “Calcisphaerulidae” Bonet 1956, known from the fossil record since the late Triassic, are listed here and subdivided into three subfamilies.

Several specimens show a more or less complete paratabulation which is expressed by different modes. A monophyletic character of the traditional peridinian family can be proposed owing to a corresponding tabulation pattern (ortho-hexa-tabulation of the general formula 4′,3a,7″, 4-6c,5‴,2‴). A more or less strong control over cyst morphology by environmental factors is pos-tulated due to the quasi-extracellular mineralization. This is obviously problematic for sys-tematics. But on the other hand, these mineralization features can be used for environmental and stratigraphic interpretations.

Two new names (Pentadinellum, Wallidinellum) are introduced here for the calcareous cysts of Recent Ensiculifera cf. mexicana and Scrippsiella sweenyae.

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Keupp, H. (1991). Fossil Calcareous Dinoflagellate Cysts. In: Riding, R. (eds) Calcareous Algae and Stromatolites. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-52335-9_14

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