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Original Description
[Three-segmented, slightly rough, very small; cephalis subglobose, porous, with a decurrent median rib, and with a thick frontal spine. Second segment campanulate-swollen, with small dense pores quincuncially arranged. Third segment broader than the previous one, slightly constricted at each end, with similar pores, and with three parallel appendages in the form of simple spines. Length without spines 86 µ of cephalis 11 µ, of second segment 31 µ of third segment 37 µ, of frontal spine 31 µ of appendage 28 µ. Maximum width 70 µ. Approx.3-4 pores in 23 µ. (Translated from Latin by E.M.R. and W.R.R.)]
Etymology: Latin attenuatus -a -um = simple
Ehrenberg, C. G. (1873a). Grössere Felsproben des Polycystinen-Mergels von Barbados mit weiteren Erläuterungen. Monatsberichte der Koniglichen Preussische Akademie der Wissenschaften zu Berlin. 1873: 213-263. gs Ehrenberg, C. G. (1876). Forsetzung der Mikrogeologischen Studien als Gesammt Ubersicht der mikroskopischen Palaontologie gleichartig analysierter Gebiegsarten der Erde, mit specieller Rucksicht aus den Polycystinen Mergel von Barbados. Abhandlungen der Koniglichen Akademie der Wissenschaften zu Berlin, Physikalische Kl. 1875: 1-226. gsReferences:
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