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Cleistosphaeridium machaerophorum

"Cleistosphaeridium machaerophorum" (Deflandre and Cookson, 1955, p.274, pl.9, figs.4,8) Davey et al., 1966, p.170.

TYPE: Holotype: Deflandre and Cookson, 1955, pl.9, fig.4.

STATUS: Combination not validly published: basionym not fully referenced.

HISTORY: NOW: Lingulodinium. Originally Hystrichosphaeridium, subsequently Baltisphaeridium (Appendix A), thirdly Cleistosphaeridium (combination not validly published), fourthly (and now) Lingulodinium.

SYNONYM(S): Taxonomic junior synonyms: Cleistosphaeridium disjunctum, according to Reid (1974, p.591); Cleistosphaeridium mikirii, according to Jain and Garg (1983, p.61); Hystrichosphaeridium redonense Morzadec-Kerfourn, 1966, according to Harland (1977b, p.94); Hystrichosphaeridium ashdodense, according to Wall (1967, p.109); Baltisphaeridiium (subsequently Lingulodinium) funginum, Lingulodinium brevispinosum and Lingulodinium sadoense, all according to Kokinos and Anderson (1995, p.162).

MOTILE EQUIVALENT: Gonyaulax (now Lingulodinium) polyedra Stein, 1883, according to Wall and Dale (1968c, p.271).

AGE: Miocene.


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