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Palaeoperidinium deflandrei
Palaeoperidinium deflandrei Lentin and Williams, 1973
Taxonomic senior synonym: Peridinium (as and now Palaeoperidinium) pyrophorum, according to Stover and Evitt (1978, p.218). Lentin and Williams (1973, p.105) erected this species to accommodate fossil specimens attributed to the modern taxon Protoperidinium conicum (Gran, 1900) Balech, 1974 by Deflandre (1939b, p.174), who provided a description
Holotype: Deflandre, 1936, pl.4, fig.4
Age: Danian
Taxonomic senior synonym: Peridinium (as and now Palaeoperidinium) pyrophorum, according to Stover and Evitt (1978, p.218). Lentin and Williams (1973, p.105) erected this species to accommodate fossil specimens attributed to the modern taxon Protoperidinium conicum (Gran, 1900) Balech, 1974 by Deflandre (1939b, p.174), who provided a description
Holotype: Deflandre, 1936, pl.4, fig.4
Age: Danian