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Operculodinium hirsutum subsp. varians

"Operculodinium hirsutum subsp. varians" (O. Wetzel, 1933b, p.47-48, pl.4, figs.27-29) Lentin and Williams, 1973, p.102.

TYPE: Holotype: not designated. Lectotype: O. Wetzel, 1933b, fig.29; designated by Lentin and Williams (1989, p.78).

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

AGE: Late Cretaceous.


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