Operculodinium centrocarpum (Deflandre & Cookson) D.Wall 1967

Publication Details
Operculodinium centrocarpum (Deflandre & Cookson) D.Wall 1967: 111, pl. 16: figs. 1-2, 5

Published in: Wall, D. (1967). Fossil microplankton in deep-sea cores from the Caribbean. Palaeontology (Oxford) 10(1): 95-123, 8 figures, 2 tables, plates 14-16.

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Publication date: May 1967

Type Species
This is the type species (holotype) of the genus Operculodinium.

Status of Name
This name is of an entity that is currently accepted taxonomically.

Basionym
Hystrichosphaeridium centrocarpum Deflandre & Cookson

Type Information
Type locality: Miocene or older: Birregurra, Victoria, bore; middle Miocene (Balcombian): Balcombe Bay and Gellibrand Clays, Victoria; (INA 1996)

Fossil
Described as a fossil.

General Environment
This is a marine species.

Created: 30 May 2013 by M.D. Guiry.

Last updated: 22 July 2024

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Taxonomic note
Fossil dinoflagellate cyst. Thought to be Protoceratium reticulatum (Balkis et al., 2016). "Unknown (not Protoceratium reticulatum (Claparède & Lachmann 1859)) B%u20ACutschli 1885 (m)" (Head & al. 2024). - (13 June 2016) - G.M. Guiry

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M.D. Guiry in Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. 22 July 2024. AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. https://www.algaebase.org; searched on 29 March 2025