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CATALOG OF ORIGINAL DESCRIPTIONS: Stylosphaera megaxyphos Clark & Campbell 1942

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Stylosphaera megaxyphos

Citation: Stylosphaera megaxyphos Clark & Campbell 1942
Taxonomic rank: species
Described on page(s) : p.24
Type specimens: pl.5, figs.5,6,9,14; pl.6, figs.1,3,6,8
Type repository: University of California, Museum of Paleontology, San Francisco
Family (traditional): Actinommidae
Family (modern): Rhizosphaeridae

Current identification:


Original Description

Shell having two to five similar, greatly elongated, three-bladed prismatic polar spines in the same plane; cortical shell spherical, relatively thick-walled, its surface having subuniform, subcircular pores, four to six in number across a radius, these pores sunken into hexagonal areas from whose nodes arise tiny sepaloid points; medullary shell about a third the diameter of the cortical shell, with three to five pores across a radius; supporting beams heavy.

Extra details from original publication
Distinguishing characters: Stylosphaera megaxyphos n. sp. has larger pores and thicker walls than S. musa Haeckel (1887) and S. polyhymnia Haeckel (1887). Its wall is thicker and the polar spines longer than those of S. urania Haeckel (1887). The polar spines are much longer than those of S. calliope Haeckel (1887), the inner sphere smaller than that of S. clio Haeckel (1887) and S. dixyphos Haeckel (1887).

Editors' Notes
The authors here list this species under the subgeneric name Stylosphaerantha and include the subgeneric name in the species name.

References:

Clark, B. L. & Campbell, A. S. (1942a). Eocene radiolarian faunas from the Mt. Diablo area, California. Geological Society of America, Special Papers. 39: 1-112. gs


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