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Vidalgea maculata
Vidalgea maculata P.K. Strother Rev. Palaeobot. Palynol., 2016, 227(10.1016/j.revpalbo.2015.10.006): 9 [37]. 3 Nov 2015
- Name
- Vidalgea maculata
- Rank
- Species
- Generic Name
- [Genus] Vidalgea
- Authors (Pub.)
- Strother P. K.
- Publication
- Systematics and evolutionary significance of some new cryptospores from the Cambrian of eastern Tennessee, USA [2015/11]
- Journal
- Review of Palaeobotany and Palynology
- Annee/Jahrgang
- 2016
- Volume
- 227
- Issue
- 10.1016/j.revpalbo.2015.10.006
- Page number
- 9 [37]
- Year
- 2015
- Fossil Status
- sporae dispersae (cryptospores)
- Stratigraphy
- Cambrian
- Strat. comment
- Pumpkin Valley Shale (Conasauga Group)
- Location
- Joy2 core, depth 1803′, location N35.93° W84.27°, Oak Ridge National Laboratories, Oak Ridge Tennessee, USA
- Paleoregion
- Laurentia
Data for Holotypus
- Repository
- Harvard University, Cambridge, Mass., USA
- Repository Number
- 65850; Original slide J2-1803/B2, England Finder location G49/4
- Diagnosis
- Walls robust without perforations or large arcuate folds;
spore-like cells do not generally form geometrically regular packets as
the size of individual spore-bodies may vary somewhat within the packet;
contacts and walls between individual spore-bodies may appear indistinct
or characterized by darker zones, rather than discrete walls;
packet margins always convex in plan view, never collapsed centripetally;
surface mottled due to the granulate nature of the wall laminae;
granules 0.4–0.7 μm in diameter appear to be an integral part of the
wall construction, not applied externally as sculpture.
