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Circulodinium indicum

Circulodinium indicum Mehrotra and Sarjeant, 1987, p.163, pl.2, fig.2; pl.7, fig.1 ex Lentin and Williams, 1989, p.63.

TYPE: Holotype: Mehrotra and Sarjeant, 1987, pl.2, fig.2.

HISTORY: Originally Cyclonephelium (name illegitimate), subsequently (and now) Circulodinium.

COMMENTS: The name Cyclonephelium indicum was illegitimate in Mehrotra and Sarjeant (1987) since that name is preoccupied. By "transferring" the species to Circulodinium, Lentin and Williams (1989) effectively created a "new name".

AGE: Paleocene.


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