Galea levis

From dinoflaj2
Jump to: navigation, search

"levis" Maier, 1959, p.308, pl.30, figs.1-2.  Holotype: Maier, 1959, pl.30, fig.1; Sarjeant, 1983, pl.2, fig.3; pl.5, fig.1; text-fig.2.  Originally Galea (generic name illegitimate), subsequently Baltisphaeridium (Appendix A), thirdly CleistosphaeridiumTaxonomic senior synonym: Galea (as Chiropteridium) galea, according to Sarjeant (1983, p.108-109).  Following I.C.B.N. Article 55.1, the species name Galea levis is validly published even though the generic name Galea is illegitimate.  Age: Late Oligocene-Mid Miocene.

Parent: Galea