Palaeoperidinium Deflandre, 1934

Lectotype species: Palaeoperidinium pyrophorum (Ehrenberg) Deflandre

Original publication: Deflandre, G. (1934). Sur les microfossiles d'origine planctonique conservés à l'état de matière organique dans les sílex de la craie. C.R. Acad. Sci. Paris 199: 966-968.

Type designated in: Sarjeant, W.A.S. (1967). The genus Palaeoperidinium Deflandre (Dinophyceae). Grana Palynologica 7: 243-258.

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Fossil: This is a genus of fossil species, or a genus with a fossil type species, or a genus the type species of which was originally described as a fossil.

Description: Prosimatc cysts, oroidal or polygonal to subpolygonal in outline, with apical horn and two antapical horns. Reflected tabulation 4', 3a, 7", 5-?7c, 5"', 2'"'; sutures with or without raised crests. Archacopyle epitractal.

Information contributed by: Sarjeant (1967). The most recent alteration to this page was made on 2024-02-06 by M.D. Guiry.

Taxonomic status: This name is of an entity that is currently accepted taxonomically.

Gender: This genus name is currently treated as neuter.

Most recent taxonomic treatment adopted: Sarjeant, W.A.S. (1967). The genus Palaeoperidinium Deflandre (Dinophyceae). Grana Palynologica 7: 243-258.

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Descriptions of chrysophyte genera were subsequently published in J. Kristiansen & H.R. Preisig (eds.). 2001. Encyclopedia of Chrysophyte Genera. Bibliotheca Phycologica 110: 1-260.

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M.D. Guiry in Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. 06 February 2024. AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. https://www.algaebase.org; searched on 24 April 2024