Operculodinium centrocarpum (Deflandre & Cookson) D.Wall 1967
Publication Details
Operculodinium centrocarpum (Deflandre & Cookson) D.Wall 1967: 111, pl. 16: figs. 1-2, 5
Published in: Wall, D. (1967). Fossil microplankton in deep-sea cores from the Caribbean. Palaeontology (Oxford) 10(1): 95-123, 8 figures, 2 tables, plates 14-16.
Request PDFPublication date: May 1967
Type Species
This is the type species (holotype) of the genus Operculodinium.
Status of Name
This name is currently regarded as a synonym of Protoceratium reticulatum (Claparède & Lachmann) Bütschli.
Basionym
Hystrichosphaeridium centrocarpum Deflandre & Cookson
Type Information
Type locality: Miocene or older: Birregurra, Victoria, bore; middle Miocene (Balcombian): Balcombe Bay and Gellibrand Clays, Victoria; (Index Nominum Algarum)
Fossil
Described as a fossil.
General Environment
This is a marine species.
Created: 30 May 2013 by M.D. Guiry.
Last updated: 17 April 2023
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E.A. Molinari Novoa in Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. 17 April 2023. AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. https://www.algaebase.org; searched on 26 April 2024
