Palaeoperidinium deflandrei

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"deflandrei" Lentin and Williams, 1973, p.105.  Holotype: Deflandre, 1936b, pl.4, fig.4 as Peridinium conicumTaxonomic senior synonym: Peridinium (as and now Palaeoperidinium) pyrophorum, according to Stover and Evitt (1978, p.218).  Lentin and Williams (1973, p.105) erected this species to accommodate fossil specimens attributed to the modern taxon Protoperidinium conicum (Gran, 1900) Balech, 1974 by Deflandre (1939b, p.174), who provided a description.  Age: Danian.

Parent: Palaeoperidinium

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