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Acanthaulax scarburghensis

"Acanthaulax scarburghensis" (Sarjeant, 1964b, p.472-473) Lentin and Williams, 1985, p.2.

TYPE: Holotype: Sarjeant, 1961a, pl.13, fig.13; text-fig.5; Jan du Chêne et al., 1986a, pl.3, figs.1-2.

HISTORY: NOW: Trichodinium scarburghense. Originally Gonyaulax areolata (name illegitimate; Appendix B), subsequently Gonyaulacysta scarburghensis, thirdly Gonyaulacysta areolata (combination illegitimate), fourthly Acanthaulax areolata (combination illegitimate), fifthly Acanthaulax scarburghensis, sixthly Liesbergia scarburghensis, seventhly (and now) Trichodinium scarburghense.

SYNONYM(S): Taxonomic junior synonym: Acanthaulax senta, according to Berger (1986, p.343) and Kunz (1990, p.14).

COMMENTS: Gonyaulacysta scarburghensis is the substitute name for Gonyaulax areolata Sarjeant, 1961a, p.95-96, pl.13, fig.13; text-fig.5.

AGE: Late Callovian-Early Oxfordian.


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