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Coronifera striolata ssp. varians

Coronifera striolata ssp. ?varians O. Wetzel, 1933 ex Sarjeant, 1984

Originally Hystrichosphaera hirsuta forma varians (name not validly published), subsequently Baltisphaeridium hirsutum forma varians, thirdly Operculodinium hirsutum ssp. varians (combination not validly published), fourthly (and now) Coronifera striolata? ssp. varians.
Sarjeant, 1984, was the first author to meet all the requirements of the I.C.B.N. for valid pubiication of this name.
Sarjeant, 1984, stated that this generic reattribution was emphatically provisional.

Holotype not specified. Lectotype: Wetzel, 1933b, fig.29; designated by Lentin and Williams (1989, p.78).
Age: Late Cretaceous
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