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Andalusiella punctata

From Fensome et al., 2019:
Palaeocystodinium punctatum Jain and Millepied, 1973, p.29, pl.2, fig.24; pl.3, figs.26–28.
Emendation: Masure et al., 1996, p.180–181, as Andalusiella mauthei subsp. punctata.
Holotype: Jain and Millepied, 1973, pl.3, fig.27.
Originally Palaeocystodinium punctatum, subsequently Andalusiella polymorpha subsp. punctata, thirdly Andalusiella mauthei subsp. punctata (combination illegimate), fourthy (and now) Andalusiella punctata.
Taxonomic senior synonym: Svalbardella (now Andalusiella) polymorpha, according to Lentin and Williams (1976, p.89) — however, Schrank (1987, p.265) retained this taxon as the subspecies Andalusiella polymorpha subsp. punctata.
Taxonomic junior synonym: Andalusiella mauthei, by implication in Masure et al. (1996, p.180), who considered Andaliusiella mauthei (illegitimately) to be the senior name — however, Mahmoud and Schrank (2007, p.604–605) treated "... Andalusiella mauthei as a species excluding the subspecies punctata because the name punctatum [sic] has priority over mauthei and therefore cannot become a subspecies of the latter ...." Mahmoud and Schrank did not indicate how they would alternatively treat "punctata".
Consequently, herein we propose the new combination Andalusiella punctata.
Jain and Millepied (1973, p.32 — figure caption) mislabelled the specimen illustrated in their pl.2, fig.24 as Palaeocystodinium microgranulatum.
Age: Maastrichtian.

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