Wetzeliella articulata
*articulata Wetzel in Eisenack, 1938b, p.187; text-fig.4. Holotype: Eisenack, 1938b, fig.4; Eisenack, 1954b, pl.7, fig.3 (not pl.7, fig.1 as indicated in Eisenack, 1954b, p.90). Originally (and now) Wetzeliella, subsequently Palaeoperidinium (name not validly published), thirdly Hystrichosphaeridium, fourthly Wetzeliella subgenus Wetzeliella. Taxonomic junior synonyms: Wetzeliella echinulata, according to Costa and Downie (1979, p.40); Wetzeliella horrida, according to Stover and Evitt (1978, p.131); Rhombodinium (as Wetzeliella) coronatum, according to Costa and Downie (1979, p.43) — however, Iakovleva and Heilmann-Clausen (2010, p. 211,226) retained Rhombodinium (as Wetzeliella) coronatum; Rhombodinium pentagonum, according to Costa and Downie (1979, p.40) — however, Lentin and Williams (1981, p.244) retained Rhombodinium pentagonum; Wetzeliella hampdenensis, according to Costa and Downie (1979, p.40) — however, Lentin and Williams (1981, p.290) retained Wetzeliella hampdenensis; Wetzeliella (now Charlesdowniea) clathrata, according to Pastiels (1948, p.42) — however, this synonymy has not been generally accepted. Age: late Eocene–early Oligocene.
Infrataxon List:
"Wetzeliella articulata subsp. brevicornuta"
"Wetzeliella articulata subsp. conopia"
"Wetzeliella articulata subsp. magnifica"
Wetzeliella articulata subsp. scabrata
Wetzeliella articulata subsp. taiwaniana
"Wetzeliella articulata var. articulata"
"Wetzeliella articulata var. conopia"
"Wetzeliella articulata var. scabrata"
"Wetzeliella articulata var. taiwaniana"