Pseudoalbaillella Holdsworth & Jones, 1980

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Pseudoalbaillella Holdsworth & Jones, 1980

Pseudoalbaillella Holdsworth & Jones, 1980: 285 .

TYPE SPECIES. — Pseudoalbaillella scalprata Holdsworth & Jones, 1980 ( Holdsworth & Jones 1980: 285, app. fig. 1A).

AGE AND LOCATION OF TYPE MATERIAL. — Leonardian, Havallah Formation, Nevada, USA.

TAXON CODE. — 039.

STATUS. —Junior synonym of Parafollicucullus Holdsworth & Jones, 1980 (by Kozur 1981: 265).

DIAGNOSIS. — “Bilaterally symmetrical, imperforate, siliceous shells of unknown internal structure showing major division into apical cone, more or less swollen, winged ‘pseudothorax’ and ‘pseudoabdomen’; with or without bilobation of pseudothorax.”( Holdsworth & Jones 1980: 285).

REMARKS

Kozur (1981) acted as the first reviser and placed Pseudoalbaillella in synonymy with Parafollicucullus . Later, Ishiga (1982) indicated that since Pseudoalbaillella appeared first in the publication by Holdsworth & Jones (1980), it should have priority. Since Ishiga’s publication, the majority of radiolarian works have used Pseudoalbaillella as the senior synonym, includingDe Wever et al. (2001). However, since Kozur acted as first reviser, his choice of Parafollicucullus stands and must be followed.