Epiplosphaera reticulata

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reticulata (Valensi, 1953, p.28, pl.2, figs.4-5,14,19; pl.13, fig.6; text-fig.2d ex Sarjeant, 1968, p.230) Courtinat, 1989, p.176.  Holotype: Valensi, 1953, pl.2, figs.4-5; Fauconnier and Masure, 2004, pl.28, figs.1-4.  Originally Palaeoperidinium (name not validly published), subsequently Dictyopyxis (generic name illegitimate), thirdly Dictyopyxidia, fourthly Ellipsoidictyum, fifthly (and now) Epiplosphaera.  Taxonomic senior synonym: Epiplosphaera bireticulata, by implication in Courtinat (1989, p.176), who believed Palaeoperidinium (as Epiplosphaera) reticulatum to be the senior name - however, Poulsen (1992a, p.66) retained the two species.  Age: Bajocian.

Parent: Epiplosphaera