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Galea levis

"Galea levis" Maier, 1959, p.308, pl.30, figs.1-2.

TYPE: Holotype: Maier, 1959, pl.30, fig.1; Sarjeant, 1983, pl.2, fig.3; pl.5, fig.1; text-fig.2.

HISTORY: Originally Galea (generic name illegitimate), subsequently Baltisphaeridium (Appendix A), thirdly Cleistosphaeridium.

SYNONYM(S): Taxonomic senior synonym: Galea (as Chiropteridium) galea, according to Sarjeant (1983, p.108-109).

COMMENTS: Following I.C.B.N. Article 55.1, the species name Galea levis is validly published even though the generic name Galea is illegitimate.

AGE: Late Oligocene-Mid Miocene.


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