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Introvertocystis

Introvertocystis is an extinct genus of acritarchs. Introvertocystis rangiaotea is from the Late Cretaceous (Cenomanian–Turonian) Tupuangi Formation of the Chatham Islands, New Zealand.

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Introvertocystis
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Domain: Eukaryota
(unranked): †Acritarcha
Genus: †Introvertocystis
C.M. Mays and J.D. Stilwell, 2012
Species:
†I. rangiaotea
Binomial name
†Introvertocystis rangiaotea
C.M. Mays and J.D. Stilwell, 2012

Introvertocystis is an extinct genus of acritarchs. Introvertocystis rangiaotea is from the Late Cretaceous (Cenomanian–Turonian) Tupuangi Formation of the Chatham Islands, New Zealand.1

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  1. Mays, C.M.; Stilwell, J.D. 2012: Judging an acritarch by its cover: the taxonomic implications of Introvertocystis rangiaotea gen. et sp. nov. from the Late Cretaceous (Cenomanian–Turonian) of the Chatham Islands, New Zealand. Palynology, 36(2), pages 180-190, doi:10.1080/01916122.2011.633633
  • John O. Corliss (1984). The kingdom Protista and its 45 phyla, BioSystems, 1984
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