"Baltisphaeridium tiara" (Klumpp, 1953, p.390-391, pl.17, figs.8-10) Downie and Sarjeant, 1965, p.97.
TYPE: Holotype: Klumpp, 1953, pl.17, figs.8-9. HISTORY: NOW: Operculodinium. Originally Hystrichosphaeridium, subsequently Baltisphaeridium, thirdly Cordosphaeridium, fourthly Cleistosphaeridium, fifthly (and now) Operculodinium. COMMENTS: This combination was not validly published in Downie and Sarjeant (1963, p.92), since these authors did not fully reference the basionym. ETYMOLOGY: N.I.A. AGE: Eocene.
Infraspecific taxa: Go up one level. DINOFLAJ (c) 1998 |