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Oppilatala ramusculosa
Oppilatala ramusculosa (Deflandre, 1945) Dorning, 1981
Originally Hystrichosphaeridium, subsequently Baltisphaeridium (an acritarch genus), thirdly Multiplicisphaeridium (an acritarch genus), fourthly (and now) Oppilatala; see also Evittia (an acritarch genus; combination not validly
published) and Peteinosphaeridium (an acritarch genus; combination not validly published). Lister, 1970 emended this species, as Multiplicisphaeridium ramusculosum.
Holotype: Deflandre, 1945, pl.1, figs.8-10
Age: Silurian
Originally Hystrichosphaeridium, subsequently Baltisphaeridium (an acritarch genus), thirdly Multiplicisphaeridium (an acritarch genus), fourthly (and now) Oppilatala; see also Evittia (an acritarch genus; combination not validly
published) and Peteinosphaeridium (an acritarch genus; combination not validly published). Lister, 1970 emended this species, as Multiplicisphaeridium ramusculosum.
Holotype: Deflandre, 1945, pl.1, figs.8-10
Age: Silurian