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Pseudoceratium tetracanthum
Pseudoceratium? tetracanthum Gocht, 1957; Emendation: Monteil, 1991b, p.476–477, as Muderongia tetracantha.
Now Muderongia. Originally Pseudoceratium?, subsequently (and now) Muderongia. Gocht, 1957 questionably included this species in Pseudoceratium.
Taxonomic junior synonym: Muderongia crucis, according to Morgan (1980, p.28) — however, Jansonius (1982, p.16) retained Muderongia crucis.
Holotype: Gocht, 1957, pl.18, fig.7
Locus typicus: Emsland, Germany
Stratum typicum: Late Hauterivian
Translation Gocht, 1957: LPP
Original diagnosis: Gocht, 1957, p.168
Shell elongated, nearly bilateral symmetrical, with four long horns: apical horn, two lateral horns and antapical horn. Lateral horns curved to antapex, shell smooth and without ornamentation.
Now Muderongia. Originally Pseudoceratium?, subsequently (and now) Muderongia. Gocht, 1957 questionably included this species in Pseudoceratium.
Taxonomic junior synonym: Muderongia crucis, according to Morgan (1980, p.28) — however, Jansonius (1982, p.16) retained Muderongia crucis.
Holotype: Gocht, 1957, pl.18, fig.7
Locus typicus: Emsland, Germany
Stratum typicum: Late Hauterivian
Translation Gocht, 1957: LPP
Original diagnosis: Gocht, 1957, p.168
Shell elongated, nearly bilateral symmetrical, with four long horns: apical horn, two lateral horns and antapical horn. Lateral horns curved to antapex, shell smooth and without ornamentation.