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Operculodinium hirsutum subsp. minus

"Operculodinium hirsutum subsp. minus" (O. Wetzel, 1933b, p.45-46, pl.4, fig.26) Lentin and Williams, 1973, p.102.

TYPE: Holotype: O. Wetzel, 1933b, pl.4, fig.26.

STATUS: Name not validly published: the species name Operculodinium? hirsutum is not validly published.

HISTORY: NOW: Coronifera? striolata subsp. minor. Originally Hystrichosphaera hirsuta forma minor (name not validly published), subsequently Baltisphaeridium hirsutum forma minus (name not validly published; Appendix A), thirdly Operculodinium? hirsutum subsp. minus (name not validly published), fourthly (and now) Coronifera? striolata subsp. minor.

AGE: Late Cretaceous.


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