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Epiplosphaera reticulata
From Fensome et al., 2019:
Epiplosphaera reticulata (Valensi, 1953, p.28, pl.2, figs.4–5,14,19; pl.13, fig.6; text-fig.2d ex Sarjeant, 1968, p.230) Courtinat, 1989, p.176. Holotype: Valensi, 1953, pl.2, figs.4–5; Fauconnier and Masure, 2004, pl.28, figs.1–4. Originally Palaeoperidinium (name not validly published), subsequently Dictyopyxis (generic name illegitimate), thirdly Dictyopyxidia, fourthly Ellipsoidictyum, fifthly (and now) Epiplosphaera. Taxonomic senior synonym: Epiplosphaera bireticulata, by implication in Courtinat (1989, p.176), who believed Palaeoperidinium (as Epiplosphaera) reticulatum to be the senior name — however, Poulsen (1992a, p.66) retained the two species. Age: Bajocian.
Translation Courtinat, 1989: LPP
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Courtinat, 1989, p.176
Remark: Palaeoperidinium reticulatum and Epiplosphaera bireticulata (type species of the genus Epiplosphaera) are placed in synonymy because the diagnosis given by Valensi (1953) for P. reticulatum is very plain and corresponds exactly to that of E. bireticulata.
Epiplosphaera reticulata (Valensi, 1953, p.28, pl.2, figs.4–5,14,19; pl.13, fig.6; text-fig.2d ex Sarjeant, 1968, p.230) Courtinat, 1989, p.176. Holotype: Valensi, 1953, pl.2, figs.4–5; Fauconnier and Masure, 2004, pl.28, figs.1–4. Originally Palaeoperidinium (name not validly published), subsequently Dictyopyxis (generic name illegitimate), thirdly Dictyopyxidia, fourthly Ellipsoidictyum, fifthly (and now) Epiplosphaera. Taxonomic senior synonym: Epiplosphaera bireticulata, by implication in Courtinat (1989, p.176), who believed Palaeoperidinium (as Epiplosphaera) reticulatum to be the senior name — however, Poulsen (1992a, p.66) retained the two species. Age: Bajocian.
Translation Courtinat, 1989: LPP
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Courtinat, 1989, p.176
Remark: Palaeoperidinium reticulatum and Epiplosphaera bireticulata (type species of the genus Epiplosphaera) are placed in synonymy because the diagnosis given by Valensi (1953) for P. reticulatum is very plain and corresponds exactly to that of E. bireticulata.