A restudy of PASTIELS (1948) dinoflagellate cysts from the Early Eocene of Belgium

The Early Eocene (Ypresian) dinoflagellate cyst assemblage described by PASTIELS (1948) is reassessed, on the basis of an examination of surviving type material. At least twenty-eight different taxa are recognized. The new species Cannosphaeropsis williamsii and the new combinations Nematosphaeropsis reticulensis (PASTIELS, 1948) and Tityrosphaeridium exilimurum (DAVEY and WILLIAMS, 1966a) are proposed. Emended diagnoses are formulated for the families Deflandreaceae EISENACK, 1954 and Wetzeliellaceae VOZZHENNIKOVA, 1961 and for the species N. reticulensis, Glaphyrocysta exuberans (DEFLANDRE a... Mehr ...