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Spiniferites ramosus ssp. spinosus

Spiniferites ramosus ssp. spinosus Jain, 1978

Holotype: Jain, 1978, pl.1, fig.3
Type Locality: Mattur, Vriddhachalam area, South India.
Age: Maastrichtian

Original description: Jain, 1978, p.149: Spiniferites ramosus subsp. spinosus nov. (Pl. 1, fig. 3)
Description: Cyst ovoidal, 46 x 36 µm in size. Periphragm ornamented with short processes, tabulation that of genus.
Comparison: S. ramosus subsp. spinosus nov. differs from rest of the subspecies of S. ramosus in having distinct ornamentation of short processes on the periphragm.
Holotype: Pl. 1, fig. 3; Slide no. 5511-8.

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