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PARATERMINOLOGY:
Evitt et al. (1977) recommended the use of the prefix "para" in conjunction with features of the
cyst which had previously been described as "corresponding to", "reflected" or being the "equivalent of" certain features of the
theca, such as
cingulum,
plate,
sulcus,
suture and
tabulation (hence:
paracingulum,
paraplate,
parasulcus,
parasuture,
paratabulation). In the present work, we found it simpler to avoid paraterminology, especially in diagnoses or descriptions of taxa containing both extant
thecate members and fossil
cyst members.
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