Peridinium pyrophorum Ehrenberg 1837

Publication Details
Peridinium pyrophorum Ehrenberg 1837

Published in: Ehrenberg, C.G. (1837). Über das Massenverhältniss der jetzt lebenden Kiesel-Infusorien und über ein neues Infusorien-Conglomerat als Polirschiefer von Jastraba in Ungarn. pp. 0-00, 2 pls. Berlin.

Publication date: Separate published December 1837

Type Species
The type species (holotype) of the genus Peridinium is Peridinium cinctum (O.F.Müller) Ehrenberg.

Status of Name
This name is currently regarded as a synonym of Palaeoperidinium pyrophorum (Ehrenberg) Deflandre.

Type Information
Type locality: Flint from Delitzsch, Saxony (Upper Cretaceous).; (Sarjeant 1967: 247) Holotype: BHU; Ehrenberg Coll. L II, 6, slide 3 no. 87 (Sarjeant 1967: 247)

Fossil
Described as a fossil.

General Environment
This is a marine species.

Created: 13 March 2006 by M.D. Guiry.

Last updated: 06 February 2024

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M.D. Guiry in Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. 06 February 2024. AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. https://www.algaebase.org; searched on 28 March 2024

 
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