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Meiourogonyaulax decapitata
Meiourogonyaulax "?decapitata" (Wetzel, 1967a, p.869, pl.16, figs.7a-b) Sarjeant, 1969, p.14. Emendation: Sarjeant, 1980b, p.121, as Meiourogonyaulax decapitata.
Originally Gonyaulax (motile stage), subsequently Meiourogonyaulax, thirdly Lithodinia, fourthly Meiourogonyaulax?. Questionable assignment: Stover and Evitt (1978, p.63) as a problematic species. Taxonomic senior synonym: Meiourogonyaulax (as Lithodinia) valensii, according to Fenton (1981, p.253) and Williams et al. (1993, p.56).
Holotype: Wetzel, 1967a, pl.16, figs.7a-b; Sarjeant, 1980b, pl.3, figs.1-3; text-fig.3; Dietz et al., 1999, text-fig.5b.
Age: Bajocian.
Originally Gonyaulax (motile stage), subsequently Meiourogonyaulax, thirdly Lithodinia, fourthly Meiourogonyaulax?. Questionable assignment: Stover and Evitt (1978, p.63) as a problematic species. Taxonomic senior synonym: Meiourogonyaulax (as Lithodinia) valensii, according to Fenton (1981, p.253) and Williams et al. (1993, p.56).
Holotype: Wetzel, 1967a, pl.16, figs.7a-b; Sarjeant, 1980b, pl.3, figs.1-3; text-fig.3; Dietz et al., 1999, text-fig.5b.
Age: Bajocian.