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Wetzeliella pentagona
Wetzeliella pentagona (Vozzhennikova, 1967) Lentin and Williams, 1976
Now Rhombodinium?. Originally Rhombodinium, subsequently Wetzeliella, thirdly (and now) Rhombodinium?.
Tax. jr. synonym of Wetzeliella articulata Eisenack, 1938, according to Costa and Downie, 1979. Lentin and Williams, 1981, retained Wetzeliella pentagona as a separate species.
Holotype: Vozzhennikova, 1967, pl.96, fig.2 (lost according to Lentin and Vozzhennikova, 1990)
Lectotype: Vozzhennikova, 1967 (not illustrated) and Lentin and Vozzhennikova, 1990, pl.7, fig.4; text-fig.42 (designated by Lentin and Vozzhennikova, 1990)
Age: Late Eocene-Early Oligocene
Now Rhombodinium?. Originally Rhombodinium, subsequently Wetzeliella, thirdly (and now) Rhombodinium?.
Tax. jr. synonym of Wetzeliella articulata Eisenack, 1938, according to Costa and Downie, 1979. Lentin and Williams, 1981, retained Wetzeliella pentagona as a separate species.
Holotype: Vozzhennikova, 1967, pl.96, fig.2 (lost according to Lentin and Vozzhennikova, 1990)
Lectotype: Vozzhennikova, 1967 (not illustrated) and Lentin and Vozzhennikova, 1990, pl.7, fig.4; text-fig.42 (designated by Lentin and Vozzhennikova, 1990)
Age: Late Eocene-Early Oligocene