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Palaeoperidinium oleinikii

"Palaeoperidinium oleinikii" Lentin and Williams, 1981, p.211.

TYPE: Holotype: Oleinik, 1975, pl.1, fig.3.

STATUS: Name illegitimate - nomenclatural senior synonym: Palaeoperidinium granulatum Oleinik, which has the same type.

HISTORY: NOW: Palaeoperidinium granulatum Oleinik. Originally Pentagonum granulatum (generic name illegitimate), subsequently (and now) Palaeoperidinium granulatum Oleinik, thirdly Palaeoperidinium oleinikii (name illegitimate). Substitute name for Palaeoperidinium granulatum (Oleinik, 1975, p.225-226, pl.1, figs.3-5), Lentin and Williams, 1981, p.211.

COMMENTS: See discussion under Palaeoperidinium granulatum Oleinik.

AGE: Late Eocene.


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