IRMNG taxon details
basis of record
Fensome, R.A., Taylor, F.J.R., Norris, G., Sarjeant, W.A.S., Wharton, D.I. & Williams, G.L. (1993). A Classification of Living and Fossil Dinoflagellates. Micropaleontology Special Publication 7, 350pp. [details]
additional source
Sluijs, A.; Bijl, P. K.; Schouten, S.; Röhl, U.; Reichart, G.-J.; Brinkhuis, H. (2011). Southern ocean warming, sea level and hydrological change during the Paleocene-Eocene thermal maximum. <em>Climate of the Past.</em> 7(1): 47-61., available online at https://doi.org/10.5194/cp-7-47-2011 [details]
verified source for family
Williams, G. L.; Fensome, R. A.; MacRae, R. A. (2017). DINOFLAJ3. American Association of Stratigraphic Palynologists, Data Series no. 2. , available online at http://dinoflaj.smu.ca/dinoflaj3 note: as per Elytrocysta [details]
current name source
Fensome, R.A., Taylor, F.J.R., Norris, G., Sarjeant, W.A.S., Wharton, D.I. & Williams, G.L. (1993). A Classification of Living and Fossil Dinoflagellates. Micropaleontology Special Publication 7, 350pp. [details]
extant flag source
Fensome, R.A., Taylor, F.J.R., Norris, G., Sarjeant, W.A.S., Wharton, D.I. & Williams, G.L. (1993). A Classification of Living and Fossil Dinoflagellates. Micropaleontology Special Publication 7, 350pp. [details]
habitat flag source
Fensome, R.A., Taylor, F.J.R., Norris, G., Sarjeant, W.A.S., Wharton, D.I. & Williams, G.L. (1993). A Classification of Living and Fossil Dinoflagellates. Micropaleontology Special Publication 7, 350pp. [details]
Unreviewed
Descriptive info Upper Cretaceous; W Siberia, Russia. (Index Nominum Genericorum) [details]
Taxonomic remark From DINOFLAJ3: The name Membranosphaera was originally used by Samoilovitch in Samoilovitch and Mtchedlishvili (1961, p.251) as the name of a "group". Lentin and Williams (1989, p.241) considered that the name Membranosphaera was validly published by Norris and Sarjeant (1965, p.40). However, Fensome et al. (1990, p.313) noted "... Samoilovitch and Mtchedlishvili (1961) assigned species directly to Membranosphaera, thus clearly indicating Membranosphaera to be equivalent to a genus. Since Lentin and Williams (1989) did not specify which nomenclatural rule they were invoking, Williams et al. (1998, p.396) considered this generic name to have been validly published in Samoilovitch and Mtchedlishvili (1961)". Stover and Evitt (1978, p.263) and Fensome et al. (1990, p.313) included this genus in the acritarchs. Vozzhennikova in Lentin and Williams (1993, p.421) noted that Membranosphaera is a dinoflagellate cyst with an apical archeopyle. [details]
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