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Opaeopsomus wapellensis

*Opaeopsomus wapellensis Pocock, 1972, p.97, pl.24, fig.14.

EMENDATION: Dörhöfer and Davies, 1980, p.23, as Dapcodinium wapellense.

TYPE: Holotype: Pocock, 1972, pl.24, fig.14, lost according to Jansonius (1986, p.220).

HISTORY: Originally (and now) Opaeopsomus, subsequently Dapcodinium, thirdly Valvaeodinium. Lentin and Williams (1993, p.465) retained this species in Opaeopsomus.

COMMENTS: Lentin and Williams (1993, p.465) recommended that this name be restricted to the type.

AGE: Callovian.


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