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Palaeoperidinium caulleryi

"Palaeoperidinium caulleryi" Deflandre, 1935, p.229, pl.6, fig.4.

TYPE: Holotype: Deflandre, 1934, fig.7; Deflandre, 1935, pl.6, fig.4; Deflandre, 1936b, pl.5, figs.5,7.

STATUS: Name not validly published: generic name not validly published until 1967.

HISTORY: NOW: Diconodinium?. Originally Palaeoperidinium (name not validly published), subsequently Diconodinium, thirdly (and now) Diconodinium?.

COMMENTS: This name was not validly published in Deflandre (1934, caption to fig.7 - p.967) additionally since no description was provided. A full description of this species was given by Deflandre (1936b, p.177).

AGE: Senonian.


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