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Coccopterum
From Fensome et al., 2019:
"Coccopterum", Silva, 1970, p.942.
Substitute name for Pterococcus Lohmann 1904, p.47 (an illegitimate name).
Taxonomic senior synonym: Nematosphaeropsis, by implication in Reid (1974, p.592), who included the "type species" of Coccopterum, Coccopterum labyrinthus, in Nematosphaeropsis, and Fensome et al. (1993b, p.93).
Type: Ostenfeld, 1903, fig.127, as Pterosperma labyrinthus.
"Coccopterum", Silva, 1970, p.942.
Substitute name for Pterococcus Lohmann 1904, p.47 (an illegitimate name).
Taxonomic senior synonym: Nematosphaeropsis, by implication in Reid (1974, p.592), who included the "type species" of Coccopterum, Coccopterum labyrinthus, in Nematosphaeropsis, and Fensome et al. (1993b, p.93).
Type: Ostenfeld, 1903, fig.127, as Pterosperma labyrinthus.