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Alterbia balmei

"Alterbia balmei" (Cookson and Eisenack, 1962b, p.486) Lentin and Williams, 1976, p.48.

EMENDATION: Morgan, 1977, p.130, as Alterbia balmei.

TYPE: Holotype: Cookson and Eisenack, 1960a, pl.1, fig.1; Morgan, 1977, text-fig.1.

STATUS: Combination illegitimate: the generic name Alterbia is illegitimate.

HISTORY: NOW: Spinidinium balmei. Originally Deflandrea minor (name illegitimate), subsequently Deflandrea balmei, thirdly Alterbia balmei (combination illegitimate), fourthly Isabelidinium balmei, fifthly (and now) Spinidinium balmei.

SYNONYM(S): Taxonomic senior synonym: Palaeohystrichophora (now Diconodinium) minutum, according to Morgan (1977, p.130) - however, Lentin and Williams (1981, p.156) retained Alterbia (as Isabelidinium) balmei.

COMMENTS: Deflandrea balmei is the substitute name for Deflandrea minor Cookson and Eisenack, 1960a, p.2, pl.1, figs.1-4.

AGE: Turonian-Mid Senonian.


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