Difference between revisions of "Palaeoperidinium pyrophorum"

<nowiki>*</nowiki><B><I>pyrophorum</I></B> ([[Ehrenberg, 1837b]], pl.1, figs.1,4 ex [[Wetzel, 1933a]], p.164-165) [[Sarjeant, 1967b]], p.246.&nbsp; Emendations: [[Sarjeant, 1967b]], p.246-247; [[Gocht and Netzel, 1976]], p.403-405; [[Evitt et al., 1998]], p.48-49; all as <I>Palaeoperidinium pyrophorum</I>.&nbsp; Holotype: [[Ehrenberg, 1837b]], pl.1, fig.4; [[Lejeune-Carpentier, 1938b]], figs.1-4.&nbsp; Originally <I>[[Peridinium pyrophorum Appendix B|Peridinium]]</I> (Appendix B), subsequently (and now) <I>Palaeoperidinium</I>.&nbsp; Taxonomic junior synonyms: <I>[[Peridinium basilium Appendix B|Peridinium]]</I> (as <I>[[Palaeoperidinium basilium|Palaeoperidinium]]</I>) <I>[[Peridinium basilium Appendix B|basilium]]</I> and <I>[[Palaeoperidinium deflandrei]]</I>, both according to [[Stover and Evitt, 1978|Stover and Evitt (1978]], p.218); <I>[[Pentagonum marginatum]]</I>, <I>[[Pentagonum sibiricum]]</I>, and (at specific rank) <I>Peridinium conicum</I> subsp. <I>larjakiense</I> (subsequently <I>[[Palaeoperidinium larjakiense|Palaeoperidinium larjakiensis]]</I>), all according to [[Lentin and Vozzhennikova, 1990|Lentin and Vozzhennikova (1990]], p.61).&nbsp; This combination was not validly published in [[Deflandre, 1934|Deflandre (1934]], caption to text-fig.1) and [[Deflandre, 1935|Deflandre (1935]], p.224) since the generic name was not validly published until 1967.&nbsp; The name <I>[[Peridinium pyrophorum Appendix B|Peridinium pyrophorum]]</I> was not validly published in [[Ehrenberg, 1837b|Ehrenberg (1837b]]) and [[Ehrenberg, 1854|Ehrenberg (1854]], caption to pl.37) since no description was provided.&nbsp; Of [[Ehrenberg, 1837b|Ehrenberg's (1837b]]) illustrations, only pl.1, fig.4 is of a single specimen, which thus has subsequently been accepted as the holotype.&nbsp; The specimen illustrated by [[Sarjeant, 1967b|Sarjeant (1967b]], fig.3) as the holotype appears to be a different specimen.&nbsp; Age: Late Cretaceous.