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Protoperidinium conicum
Protoperidinium conicum (Gran, 1900, p.47) Balech, 1974, p.58.
Originally Peridinium divergens var. conicum (Appendix B), subsequently Peridinium conicum (Appendix B), thirdly (and now) Protoperidinium conicum. Modern species defined from the motile stage. Fossil cysts assigned to this taxon by Deflandre (1939b) were included in Palaeoperidinium deflandrei by Lentin and Williams (1973, p.105).
Holotype: information not available.
Age: Holocene.
Originally Peridinium divergens var. conicum (Appendix B), subsequently Peridinium conicum (Appendix B), thirdly (and now) Protoperidinium conicum. Modern species defined from the motile stage. Fossil cysts assigned to this taxon by Deflandre (1939b) were included in Palaeoperidinium deflandrei by Lentin and Williams (1973, p.105).
Holotype: information not available.
Age: Holocene.