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Cleistosphaeridium tiara ssp. centrocarpum

Cleistosphaeridium tiara subsp. centrocarpum, (Deflandre and Cookson, 1955, p.272-273, pl.8, figs.3-4), Morgenroth, 1966a, p.26.

NOW Operculodinium centrocarpum. Originally Hystrichosphaeridium centrocarpum, subsequently Baltisphaeridium centrocarpum (Appendix A), thirdly Cordosphaeridium tiara subsp. centrocarpum, fourthly (and now) Operculodinium centrocarpum, fifthly Cordosphaeridium microtriainum subsp. centrocarpum, sixthly Cleistosphaeridium centrocarpum. Motile equivalent: Peridinium (now Protoceratium) reticulatum Claparède and Lachmann, 1859 (as Gonyaulax grindleyi Reinecke, 1967), according to Wall and Dale (1966, p.1025-1026) - however, see Head (1996b, p.1211).

Holotype: Deflandre and Cookson, 1955, pl.8, figs.3-4.
Age: Miocene. Parent: Cleistosphaeridium tiara
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