Megaporus Feng

Noble, Paula, Aitchison, Jonathan C., Danelian, Taniel, Dumitrica, Paulian, Maletz, Jörg, Suzuki, Noritoshi, Cuvelier, Jessie, Caridroit, Martial & O’Dogherty, Luis, 2017, Taxonomy of Paleozoic radiolarian genera, Geodiversitas 39 (3), pp. 419-502 : 488

Megaporus Feng in Feng, Meng, He & Gu, 2006

Megaporus Feng in Feng, Meng, He & Gu, 2006c: S68.

TYPE SPECIES. — Megaporus jini Feng in Feng, Meng, He & Gu, 2006 ( Feng et al. 2006c: S68, pl. 1, fig. 1-19, pl. 1, 3, 8-9, 12).

AGE AND LOCATION OF TYPE MATERIAL. — Changhsingian, Upper Permian, Southern Guangxi, South China.

TAXON CODE. — 297.

STATUS. — Valid.

DIAGNOSIS. — “Test small, with two concentric shells: cortical and medullary shells. Cortical shell spherical, and composed of pentagonal and hexagonal pore frames with two to six three-bladed primary spines; pore frames thick and narrow; pores very large. Medullary shell small, consisting of pentagonal, hexagonal and irregular pore frames, and connected with cortical shell by some three-bladed and cylindrical beams. There is an initial spicule inside the medullary shell, and the spicule is relatively strong compared to the small medullary shell.” (Feng in Feng et al. 2006c: S68).

REMARKS

The probable initial spicule mentioned is not visible in any of the published figures.