Tenua villersensis W.A.S.Sarjeant 1968

Publication Details
Tenua villersensis W.A.S.Sarjeant 1968: 231; pl. 1, fig. 16; pl. 2, fig. 5-10 (as 'Tenua villersense')

Published in: Sarjeant, W.A.S. (1968). Microplankton from the Upper Callovian and Lower Oxfordian of Normandy. Revue de Micropaléontologie 10(4): 221-242, pl. 1-3.

Type Species
The type species (holotype) of the genus Tenua is Tenua hystrix Eisenack.

Status of Name
This name is currently regarded as a synonym of Batiacasphaera villersensis (W.A.S.Sarjeant) Dörhöfer & E.Davies.

Source of Synonymy
Dörhöfer, G. & Davies, E.H. (1980). Evolution of archeopyle and tabulation in Rhaetogonyaulacinean dinoflagellate cysts. .: Royal Ontario Museum, Life Sciences Miscellaneous Publications: 91 pp., 40 fig.

Type Information
France: Calvados: Villier-sur-Mer. Middle Jurasic: uppermost Callovian.;

Fossil
Described as a fossil.

Created: 26 April 2002 by M.D. Guiry.

Last updated: 29 September 2023

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Salvador Valenzuela Miranda in Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. 29 September 2023. AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. https://www.algaebase.org; searched on 19 June 2025