Deflandrea balmei

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"balmei" Cookson and Eisenack, 1962b, p.486.  Emendation: Morgan, 1977, p.130, as Alterbia minor.  Holotype: Cookson and Eisenack, 1960a, pl.1, fig.1; Morgan, 1977, text-fig.2.  NOW Magallanesium balmei.  Originally Deflandrea minor (name illegitimate), subsequently Deflandrea balmei, thirdly Alterbia balmei (combination illegitimate), fourthly Isabelidinium balmei, fifthly Spinidinium balmei, sixthly (and now) Magallanesium balmei.  Substitute name for Deflandrea minor Cookson and Eisenack, 1960a, p.2, pl.1, figs.1-4 (an illegitimate name).  Taxonomic senior synonym: Palaeohystrichophora (as Diconodinium) minuta, according to Morgan (1977, p.130) - however, Lentin and Williams (1981, p.156) retained Deflandrea (as Isabelidinium) balmei.  Age: Turonian-mid Senonian.

Parent: Deflandrea