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Latochara bellatula
Latochara bellatula R.E. Peck Profess. Pap. U.S. Geol. Surv., 294(A): 35. Aug 1957
- Name
- Latochara bellatula
- Rank
- Species
- Generic Name
- [Genus] Latochara
- Authors (Pub.)
- Peck R. E.
- Publication
- North American Mesozoic Charophyta [1957/8]
- Journal
- Professional Papers / United States Geological Survey
- Volume
- 294
- Issue
- A
- Page number
- 35
- Year
- 1957
- Parent Taxon
- [Genus] Latochara
- Fossil Status
- gyrogonites
- Stratigraphy
- Aptian
- Location
- Along Fall Eiver Road, 3.2 miles southeast of Hot Springs, S. Dakota, USA
- Paleoregion
- America (North)
Data for Holotypus
- Repository
- U.S. Geological Survey, Denver, USA
- Repository Number
- 367
- Diagnosis
- Small spheroidal gyrogonites with broadly rounded bases and flattened summits that range from 250,u, to 350^ in length and 225/x to 275/A in width. Gyrogonite surface fairly smooth; spirals consist of broadly rounded cellular ridges separated by small shallow furrows. Calcification reduced distally; spirals become shallowly concave as they turn on to summit and remain concave as they turn upward to form a prominent cone-shaped projection in center of summit area. About 9 spiral ridges visible in a lateral view.
