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Galea xiphea

"Galea xiphea" Maier, 1959, p.309, pl.30, fig.5.

TYPE: Holotype: Maier, 1959, pl.30, fig.5.

HISTORY: Originally Galea (generic name illegitimate), subsequently Hystrichosphaeridium, thirdly Hystrichokolpoma?.

SYNONYM(S): Taxonomic senior synonym: Hystrichokolpoma rigaudiae, according to Sarjeant (1983, p.104).

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

AGE: Mid Miocene.


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