Lejeunia cretacea

"?cretacea" (Pocock, 1962, p.80, pl.14, figs.219-221 ex Davey, 1970, p.359, pl.2, fig.4) Brideaux, 1971, p.86.  Emendation: Harding, 1990a, p.44, as Palaeoperidinium cretaceum.  Holotype: Pocock, 1962, pl.14, fig.219.  Combination illegitimate: the generic name Lejeunia is illegitimate.  NOW Palaeoperidinium.  Originally Palaeoperidinium (name not validly published), subsequently Astrocysta, thirdly Lejeunia? (name illegitimate), fourthly Subtilisphaera, fifthly (and now) Palaeoperidinium.  Questionable assignment: Brideaux (1971, p.86).  Taxonomic junior synonyms: Lejeunia (as Palaeoperidinium) ampla, according to Harker and Sarjeant in Harker et al. (1990, p.128); Astrocysta (as Palaeoperidinium) manumcooksonii, according to Lentin and Williams (1976, p.110).  Age: Aptian-Albian.

Parent: Lejeunia_Gerlach 1961