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Areoligera galea
Areoligera galea, (Maier, 1959), Davey et al., 1969
Now Chiropteridium. Originally Galea (an illegitimate generic name), subsequently Baltisphaeridium, thirdly Areoligera, fourthly Areoligera?, fifthly (and now) Chiropteridium.
Stover and Evitt, 1978, considered this to be a provisionally accepted species of Areoligera.
Tax. sr. synonym of Chiropteridium dispersum Gocht, 1960, according to Sarjeant, 1983.
Tax. sr. synonym of Galea (al. Baltisphaeridium) mespilanum Maier, 1959, according to Sarjeant.
Tax. sr. synonym of Galea (al. Baltisphaeridium) levis Maier, 1959, according to Sarjeant, 1983.
Tax. sr. synonym of Membranophoridium multispinatum Gerlach, 1961, according to Brosius, 1963, and Gocht, 1969.
Tax. sr. synonym of Membranophoridium (al. Chiropteridium) partispinatum Gerlach, 1961, according to Matsuoka and Bujak, 1988.
Holotype: Maier, 1959, pl.29, fig.4
Locus typicus: Innien, Holstein, Germany
Stratum typicum: Middle Oligocene
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Original description as Galea galea : [Maier, 1959, p. 306]: (Translation: LPP)
Diagnosis:
A species of the genus Galea with following characteristics: Membrane of body granulate, bearing variable process types. Equatorial opening marked by thorns and ridges.
Dimensions:
Length 55 µm, diameter at opening 100 µm (76 µm).
Remarks:
Membrane of helmet-shaped body granulate. The thin, simple processes are irregularly distributed. Processes pointed with blunt ends or with small hooks.
Now Chiropteridium. Originally Galea (an illegitimate generic name), subsequently Baltisphaeridium, thirdly Areoligera, fourthly Areoligera?, fifthly (and now) Chiropteridium.
Stover and Evitt, 1978, considered this to be a provisionally accepted species of Areoligera.
Tax. sr. synonym of Chiropteridium dispersum Gocht, 1960, according to Sarjeant, 1983.
Tax. sr. synonym of Galea (al. Baltisphaeridium) mespilanum Maier, 1959, according to Sarjeant.
Tax. sr. synonym of Galea (al. Baltisphaeridium) levis Maier, 1959, according to Sarjeant, 1983.
Tax. sr. synonym of Membranophoridium multispinatum Gerlach, 1961, according to Brosius, 1963, and Gocht, 1969.
Tax. sr. synonym of Membranophoridium (al. Chiropteridium) partispinatum Gerlach, 1961, according to Matsuoka and Bujak, 1988.
Holotype: Maier, 1959, pl.29, fig.4
Locus typicus: Innien, Holstein, Germany
Stratum typicum: Middle Oligocene
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Original description as Galea galea : [Maier, 1959, p. 306]: (Translation: LPP)
Diagnosis:
A species of the genus Galea with following characteristics: Membrane of body granulate, bearing variable process types. Equatorial opening marked by thorns and ridges.
Dimensions:
Length 55 µm, diameter at opening 100 µm (76 µm).
Remarks:
Membrane of helmet-shaped body granulate. The thin, simple processes are irregularly distributed. Processes pointed with blunt ends or with small hooks.