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Chiropteridium korykum

Chiropteridium korykum, (Maier 1959), Lentin and Williams, 1973

Originally Galea (an illegitimate generic name), subsequently Baltisphaeridium, thirdly Chiropteridium?, fourthly Hystrichosphaeridium?.
Tax. jr. synonym of Spiniferites ramosus (Ehrenberg, 1838) Loeblich Jr. and Loeblich III, 1966, according to Sarjeant, 1983.
At the time of the transfer, Lentin and Williams, 1973, questionably included the species in Chiropteridium.

Holotype: Maier, 1959, pl.30, fig.7; lost according to Sarjeant, 1983
Lectotype: Maier, 1959, pl.30, fig.8; designated by Sarjeant, 1983
Age: Late Oligocene-Middle Miocene
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