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Spiniferites cambrus
Spiniferites cambrus (Sah et al., 1970) Stover and Evitt, 1978
Originally Achomosphaera, subsequently Spiniferites.
Taxonomic senior synonym: Galea (now Spiniferites) twistringiensis, by implication in Jain (1982, p.51), who considered Achomosphaera cambra to be a taxonomic junior synonym (at subspecific rank) of Hystrichosphaera ramosa var. multibrevis (as Spiniferites ramosus subsp. multibrevis), which is now considered to be a taxonomic junior synonym (at specific rank) of Galea (now Spiniferites) twistringiensis.
Holotype: Sah et al., 1970, pl.1, fig.3
Age: Late Cretaceous
Originally Achomosphaera, subsequently Spiniferites.
Taxonomic senior synonym: Galea (now Spiniferites) twistringiensis, by implication in Jain (1982, p.51), who considered Achomosphaera cambra to be a taxonomic junior synonym (at subspecific rank) of Hystrichosphaera ramosa var. multibrevis (as Spiniferites ramosus subsp. multibrevis), which is now considered to be a taxonomic junior synonym (at specific rank) of Galea (now Spiniferites) twistringiensis.
Holotype: Sah et al., 1970, pl.1, fig.3
Age: Late Cretaceous