Odontochitina operculata

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+operculata (Wetzel, 1933a, p.170, pl.2, figs.21-22; text-fig.3) Deflandre and Cookson, 1955, p.291-292.  Holotype: Wetzel, 1933a, pl.2, fig.21.  Originally Ceratium subgenus Euceratium (Appendix B), subsequently Palaeoceratium subgenus Euceratium (combination not validly published), thirdly Odontochitina.  Taxonomic junior synonym: Odontochitina silicorum, according to Deflandre and Cookson (1955, p.292).  The nomenclatural type of the genus Odontochitina remains the holotype of Odontochotina silicorum.  Age: Senonian.

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Parent: Odontochitina