Lingulodinium machaerophorum
*machaerophorum (Deflandre and Cookson, 1955, p.274, pl.9, figs.4,8) Wall, 1967, p.109. Holotype: Deflandre and Cookson, 1955, pl.9, fig.4. Originally Hystrichosphaeridium, subsequently Baltisphaeridium (Appendix A), thirdly Cleistosphaeridium (combination not validly published), fourthly (and now) Lingulodinium. Taxonomic junior synonyms: Cleistosphaeridium disjunctum, according to Reid (1974, p.591); Cleistosphaeridium mikirii, according to Jain and Garg (1983, p.61); Hystrichosphaeridium ashdodense, according to Wall (1967, p.109); Baltisphaeridium (subsequently Lingulodinium) funginum, Lingulodinium brevispinosum and Lingulodinium sadoense, all according to Kokinos and Anderson (1995, p.162); Hystrichosphaeridium redonense, questionably according to Harland (1977b, p.94) and according to Rochon et al. (1999, p.20). Motile equivalent: Gonyaulax (now Lingulodinium) polyedra Stein, 1883, according to Wall and Dale (1967, p.352; 1968c, p.271). Stover and Evitt (1978, p.172) considered Impletosphaeridium (as Lingulodinium?) pycnospinosum to be a possible taxonomic junior synonym of this species. Age: Miocene.
Infrataxon List:
Lingulodinium machaerophorum subsp. filiforme
Lingulodinium machaerophorum subsp. machaerophorum
Lingulodinium machaerophorum subsp. megacanthum
"Lingulodinium machaerophorum subsp. strangulatum"
Lingulodinium machaerophorum var. machaerophorum
Lingulodinium machaerophorum var. truncatum
