"Operculodinium? iaculigerum" (Klement, 1960, p.57-58, pl.7, fig.10) Sarjeant, 1984a, p.171, pl.2, fig.5; text-fig.7.
EMENDATION: Sarjeant, 1984a, p.171, as Operculodinium? iaculigerum. TYPE: Holotype: Klement, 1960, pl.7, fig.10; Sarjeant, 1984a, pl.2, fig.5; text-fig.7. HISTORY: NOW: Downiesphaeridium. Originally Baltisphaeridium (Appendix A), subsequently Operculodinium?, thirdly Cleistosphaeridium, fourthly (and now) Downiesphaeridium. Questionable assignment: Sarjeant (1984a, p.171). SYNONYM(S): Taxonomic junior synonym: Cleistosphaeridium? polyacanthum, according to Brenner (1988, p.42) - however, Islam (1993, p.84) retained Cleistosphaeridium? (as and now Downiesphaeridium) polyacanthum. AGE: mid Kimmeridgian.
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