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Palaeoceratium operculatum

"Palaeoceratium operculatum" (O. Wetzel, 1933a, p.170, pl.2, figs.21-22; text-fig.3) O. Wetzel, 1948, p.329.

TYPE: Holotype: O. Wetzel, 1933a, pl.2, fig.21.

STATUS: Combination not validly published: the generic name Palaeoceratium is not validly published.

HISTORY: NOW: Odontochitina. Originally Ceratium subgenus Euceratium (Appendix B), subsequently Palaeoceratium subgenus Euceratium (combination not validly published), thirdly (and now) Odontochitina.

SYNONYM(S): Taxonomic junior synonym: Odontochitina silicorum, according to Deflandre and Cookson (1955, p.292).

AGE: Senonian.


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