"Peridinium pyrophorum" Ehrenberg, 1838, pl.1, figs.1,4 ex O. Wetzel, 1933a, p.164-165.
EMENDATIONS: Sarjeant, 1967b, p.246-247; Gocht and Netzel, 1976, p.403-405, both as Palaeoperidinium pyrophorum. TYPE: Holotype: Ehrenberg, 1838, pl.1, fig.4; Lejeune-Carpentier, 1938b, figs.1-4. HISTORY: NOW: Palaeoperidinium. Originally Peridinium, subsequently (and now) Palaeoperidinium. SYNONYM(S): Taxonomic junior synonyms: Peridinium (now Palaeoperidinium) basilium and Palaeoperidinium deflandrei, both according to Stover and Evitt (1978, p.218); Pentagonum marginatum, Pentagonum sibiricum, and Peridinium conicum var. larjakiense (as Palaeoperidinium larjakiense), all according to Lentin and Vozzhennikova (1990, p.61). COMMENTS: This name was not validly published in Ehrenberg (1838) and Ehrenberg (1854, caption to pl.37) since no description was provided. AGE: Late Cretaceous.
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