Contributions Series Nr. 42 (PDF)

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Abstract

In this Index are listed all dinoflagellate cyst taxa at and below the generic rank known to the authors as of 30th June 2004. The Index includes a total number of 10 746 entries (9582 in the main index and the rest in the two appendices). In terms of current (“correct” sensu ICBN) names for fossil dinoflagellate taxa as recorded in this edition of the Index, there are 627 genera, 4070 species and 426 infraspecific taxa. Validly published and legitimate names are listed, as well as those that are effectively published, but are not valid or are illegitimate. Information on synonymies, nomenclatural types, nomenclatural status, history, and geologic age is also provided. Proposals include 2 new names (Pseudoceratium australiense, Sentusidinium? millepiedii), 12 new combinations (Batiacasphaera biornata subsp. conspicula, Bohaidina reticulata, Calciodinellum albatrosianum var. spinulosum, Charlesdowniea pengchiahsuensis, Charlesdowniea taiwaniana, Distatodinium pusillum, Distatodinium tuberculatum,
Meiourogonyaulax bathonica, Pernambugia tuberosa forma elongata, Pernambugia tuberosa forma variospinosa, Pithonella brezovica and Pyxidiniopsis jiaboi) and one newly validated name (Spiniferites alaskensis). Taxa at some time included in non-dinoflagellate or extant dinoflagellate genera are listed in two appendices. Appendix A lists all non-dinoflagellate genera that at some time have included species or infraspecific taxa now or previously considered dinoflagellates; it also includes genera listed in the main text of previous editions of the Index but not (now) considered dinoflagellates. Appendix B includes extant dinoflagellate genera based on motile types to which cyst taxa have been assigned.