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Wetzeliella homomorpha

"Wetzeliella homomorpha" Deflandre and Cookson, 1955, p.254, pl.5, fig.7; text-fig.19 (not text-figs.17-18 as indicated by Deflandre and Cookson, 1955, p.254).

EMENDATION: Harland, 1979c, p.64, as Apectodinium homomorphum.

TYPE: Holotype: Deflandre and Cookson, 1955, pl.5, fig.7; text-fig.19; Eisenack and Klement, 1964, p.829; Fensome et al., 1995, figs.1-2 - p.1553.

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

SYNONYM(S): Taxonomic junior synonyms: Apectodinium folliculum and Hystrichosphaeridium (as Apectodinium) caiobense, both according to Williams et al. (1993, p.57).

COMMENTS: See also discussion under Apectodinium pastielsii.

AGE: Early Eocene.


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