Jb. Riding et Vi. Ilyina, A NEW DINOFLAGELLATE CYST FROM THE UPPER BATHONIAN (MIDDLE JURASSIC) STRATA OF THE RUSSIAN PLATFORM, Journal of micropalaeontology, 17, 1998, pp. 86-86
Protobatioladinium? elongatum sp. nov, is a distinctive, large, longit
udinally elongate Upper Bathonian (Middle Jurassic) dinoflagellate cys
t recorded from western Russia. This species is questionably attribute
d to Protobatioladinium because the archaeopyle type does not precisel
y conform to that of the genotype. This form is present, often abundan
tly, throughout the Upper Bathonian sediments of the central and north
ern Russian Platform and appears to be a reliable marker species.