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Aptea polymorpha

*Aptea polymorpha Eisenack, 1958a, p.394, pl.22, figs.5-12; pl.24, fig.5.

EMENDATION: Dörhöfer and Davies, 1980, p.34-46, as Aptea polymorpha.

TYPE: Holotype: Eisenack, 1958a, pl.22, fig.5; Sarjeant, 1985a, pl.7, fig.4.

HISTORY: Originally (and now) Aptea, subsequently Pseudoceratium. By retaining Aptea as a separate genus, Quattrocchio and Sarjeant (1992, p.2-234) effectively retained Aptea polymorpha, the "type species", as a species of Aptea.

SYNONYM(S): Taxonomic junior synonym: Aptea (now Pseudoceratium) eisenackii, according to Cookson and Eisenack (1974, p.74) - however, Below (1981a, p.7) retained Aptea eisenackii.

AGE: Aptian.


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