Xanthiopyxis acrolopha Forti (1912)
Comment: A resting spore taxon with epivalves characterized by anastomosing ridges present near the poles, and a transverse hyaline band near the center.
Locality:
Ocean Drilling Program Hole 959A (Côte d'Ivoire-Ghana Marginal Ridge, eastern tropical Atlantic), sample: 159-959A-30X-3, 120-121 cm (early Miocene).
Photographed using: Zeiss Axio.A1, Plan-APOCHROMAT 100×/1.4 Oil DIC + Zeiss AxioCam ICc 5. Stacked using Helicon Focus.
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