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Microdinium punctulatum

Microdinium punctulatum Vozzhennikova, 1967

Originally (and now) Microdinium, subsequently Microdinium?.
Stover and Evitt, 1978, considered this to be a provisionally accepted species of Microdinium.
Lentin and Vozzhennikova, 1990, included the species in Microdinium without question.
Below, 1987, considered this species to be a nomen dubium.

Holotype: Vozzhennikova, 1967, pl.37, figs.7a-b;Lentin and Vozzhennikova, 1990, text-fig.61 (lost according to Lentin and Vozzhennikova, 1990)
Lectotype: none available, according to Lentin and Vozzhennikova, 1990
Locus typicus: Kazakhstan
Stratum typicum: ?Maastrichtian
Translation Vozzhennikova, 1967: Lentin and Vozzhennikova, 1990

Original description: Vozzhennikova, 1967, p.96
Theca sphaerical, epitheca somewhat smaller than hypotheca. Arrangment of plates the same as in the type. Plates and edges of transverse furrow bordered by colored smooth, regular outgrowths. Surface of plates finely granular.
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