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Wetzeliella articulata

*Wetzeliella articulata Eisenack, 1938b, p.187; text-fig.4.

TYPE: Holotype: Eisenack, 1938b, fig.4; Eisenack, 1954b, pl.7, fig.3 (not pl.7, fig.1 as indicated in Eisenack, 1954b, p.90).

HISTORY: Originally (and now) Wetzeliella, subsequently Hystrichosphaeridium, thirdly Wetzeliella subgenus Wetzeliella.

SYNONYM(S): Taxonomic junior synonyms: Rhombodinium (as Wetzeliella) coronatum, according to Costa and Downie (1979, p.43); Wetzeliella echinulata, according to Costa and Downie (1979, p.40); Wetzeliella horrida, according to Stover and Evitt (1978, p.131); Rhombodinium pentagonum, according to Costa and Downie (1979, p.40) - however, Lentin and Williams (1981, p.244) retained Rhombodinium pentagonum; Wetzeliella hampdenensis, according to Costa and Downie (1979, p.40)- however, Lentin and Williams (1981, p.290) retained Wetzeliella hampdenensis; Wetzeliella (now Charlesdowniea) clathrata, according to Pastiels (1948, p.42) - however, this synonymy has not been generally accepted.

AGE: Late Eocene-Early Oligocene.


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