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Moellerina laufeldii
Moellerina laufeldii J.E. Conkin, B.M. Conkin Univ. Louisville Not. Paleontol. Stratigr., (J): 10. 1992
- Name
- Moellerina laufeldii
- Rank
- Species
- Original spelling
- laufeldi
- Generic Name
- [Genus] Moellerina
- Authors (Pub.)
- Conkin J. E.
Conkin B. M.
- Publication
- Late Silurian (Ludlovian) charophyte Moellerina laufeldi, n. sp., from the Hamra beds of the Isle of Gotland, Sweden [1992]
- Journal
- University of Louisville Notes in paleontology and stratigraphy
- Issue
- J
- Page number
- 10
- Year
- 1992
- Parent Taxon
- [Genus] Moellerina
- Fossil Status
- gyrogonites
- Stratigraphy
- Ludlow
- Location
- Hoburgen 1-3, WSW of Sundre Church, Gotland, Sweden
- Paleoregion
- Baltica
Data for Holotypus
- Repository
- Sveriges geologiska undersökning, Swedish Geological Survey, Stockholm, Sweden
- Repository Number
- SGU 8430
- Diagnosis
- Gyrogonites (with no corona preserved), pyriform when cage superstructure is preserved, but slightly oblate where cage superstructure is not preserved; equatorial diameter ranges from 220-320 μm, averaging 278 μm; length, including cage superstructure, averages 287 μm, but without cage superstructure averages 253 μm; diameter of the small proximal portion of the cage superstructure (attached to the pedicel cell) averages 55 μm; diameter of apical pore averages 20 μm, while diameter of basal attachment scar averages 91 μm; equatorial angle 40 - 45 ±degrees; 10 dextrally turned spiral cells and interspiral furrows; 7-8 spiral cells and interspiral furrows seen in side view; spiral cells make one-half turn around the gyrogonite; height of cage superstructure averages 31μm.
