Cometodinium whitei

whitei (Deflandre and Courteville, 1939, p.103, pl.3, figs.5-6) Stover and Evitt, 1978, p.227.  Emendation: Monteil, 1991a, p.444, as Cometodinium whitei.  Holotype: Deflandre and Courteville, 1939, pl.3, fig.5, lost according to Monteil (1991a, p.439).  Neotype: Monteil, 1991a, pl.2, figs.1a-c; pl.3, fig.9, designated by Monteil (1991a, p.444); Fauconnier and Masure, 2004, pl.16, figs.7-8.  Originally Hystrichosphaeridium, subsequently Baltisphaeridium (Appendix A), thirdly Impletosphaeridium, fourthly Comasphaeridium (Appendix A), fifthly Cometodinium?, sixthly (and now) Cometodinium.  Questionable assignment: Stover and Evitt (1978, p.227); however, Monteil (1991a, 444) assigned the species to Cometodinium without question.  Age: Senonian.

Parent: Cometodinium