Triceratium weissei Grunow ex Witt 1885
Publication Details
Triceratium weissei Grunow ex Witt 1885: 170, pl. VII: fig. 9; pl. XII: fig. 3 (as 'weissii')
Published in: Witt, O.N. (1886 '1885'). Ueber den Polierschiefer von Archangelsk-Kurojedowo im Gouv. Simbirsk. Verhandlungen der Russisch-kaiserlichen Mineralogischen Gesellschaft zu St. Petersburg, Series II 22: 137-177, pls. VI-XII.
Type Species
The type species (lectotype) of the genus Triceratium is Triceratium favus Ehrenberg.
Status of Name
This name is currently regarded as a synonym of Medlinia weissei (Grunow ex Witt) P.A.Sims.
Type Information
Type locality: Russia: Ulyanovsk [Simbirsk] oblast: Archangelsk-Kurojedowo (Paleocene); (Index Nominum Algarum)
Fossil
Described as a fossil.
General Environment
This is a marine species.
Created: 26 April 2002 by M.D. Guiry.
Last updated: 16 January 2023
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G.M. Guiry in Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. 16 January 2023. AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. https://www.algaebase.org; searched on 27 April 2024
