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Truncatulus simplex I. Suto 2006, p. 591; Fig. 2, 12-19
StatusValid
Published inSuto, I. 2006 [ref. 012714]. Truncatulus gen. nov., a new fossil resting spore morphogenus related to the marine diatom Chaetoceros (Bacillariophyceae). Phycologia 45(5):585-601.
TypeHolotype: slide MPC-02605 (Micropaleontology Collection, National Science Museum, Tokyo), England finder O33-1S; illustrated in Fig. 18, 19INA card not found. Click here to check this name in the INA website.
Type LocalityNewport Beach section, California, USA. Sample NE06 of J. Barron (ref. 003446). Collector J. Barron (1972?). Middle MioceneLanguage of descriptionE
CollectorAssessment of record accuracylikely accurate