Gonyaulax nuciformis Appendix B

"nuciformis" Deflandre, 1939a, p.180, pl.8, figs.4–6 ex Sarjeant, 1962a, p.482–483.  Holotype: Deflandre, 1938, pl.8, fig.6; Jan du Chêne et al., 1986a, pl.11, figs.1–3.  NOW Cribroperidinium.  Originally Palaeoperidinium (name not valdily published), subsequently Gonyaulax, thirdly Gonyaulacysta, fourthly Apteodinium, fifthly Millioudodinium, sixthly (and now) Cribroperidinium.  Taxonomic junior synonym: Palaeoperidinium nuciformoides, according to Sarjeant (1968, p.227).  The name Palaeoperidinium nuciforme was not validly published in Deflandre (1939a) since the generic name Palaeoperidinium was not validly published until 1967.  Age: Oxfordian.

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