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Operculodinium hirsutum ssp. minus
Operculodinium hirsutum ssp. minus (O. Wetzel, 1933) Lentin and Williams, 1973
Name not validly published since the species name is not validly published.
Now Coronifera? striolata ssp. minor. Originally Hystrichosphaera hirsuta forma minor (name not validly published), subsequently Baltisphaeridium hirsutum forma minus (name not validly published), thirdly Operculodinium? hirsutum ssp. minus (name not validly published), fourthly (and now) Coronifera? striolata ssp. minor.
The taxon was first described and illustrated in O. Wetzel, 1932, but was not validly published since the species name Xanthidium hirsutum Ehrenberg, 1838 was not validly published and additionally since the genus Hystrichosphaera O. Wetzel, 1933 was not validly published at that time. Since Sarjeant, 1984, validly published this taxon, as Coronifera striolata? ssp. minor, his citation - Coronifera striolata ssp. minor (O. Wetzel, 1933) Sarjeant, 1984 - must be followed.
Holotype: O. Wetzel, 1933, pl.4, fig.26
Age: Late Cretaceous
Name not validly published since the species name is not validly published.
Now Coronifera? striolata ssp. minor. Originally Hystrichosphaera hirsuta forma minor (name not validly published), subsequently Baltisphaeridium hirsutum forma minus (name not validly published), thirdly Operculodinium? hirsutum ssp. minus (name not validly published), fourthly (and now) Coronifera? striolata ssp. minor.
The taxon was first described and illustrated in O. Wetzel, 1932, but was not validly published since the species name Xanthidium hirsutum Ehrenberg, 1838 was not validly published and additionally since the genus Hystrichosphaera O. Wetzel, 1933 was not validly published at that time. Since Sarjeant, 1984, validly published this taxon, as Coronifera striolata? ssp. minor, his citation - Coronifera striolata ssp. minor (O. Wetzel, 1933) Sarjeant, 1984 - must be followed.
Holotype: O. Wetzel, 1933, pl.4, fig.26
Age: Late Cretaceous