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Hystrichosphaera ramosa var. granosa

Hystrichosphaera ramosa ssp. granosa Davey and Williams 1966

Now Spiniferites ramosus ssp. granosus. Originally Hystrichosphaera ramosa var. granosa, subsequently Spiniferites ramosus var. granosus, thirdly (and now) Spiniferites ramosus ssp. granosus.
Holotype: Davey and Williams, 1966, pl.4, fig.9; Bujak et al., 1980, pl.4, figs.4-5
Locus typicus: London Clay, Sheppey, Kent, England
Stratum typicum: Early Eocene

Original diagnosis: Davey and Williams, 1966, p. 35
A variety of H. ramosa (Ehrenberg) similar to H. ramosa var. gracilis except that the surface of the central body is coarsely granular. Height of granules ranging up to 0.5 µm.
Dimensions: holotype: diameter of central body 35 by 42 µm, length of processes up to 19 µm. Range: diameter of central body 33-45 µm, length of processes up to 19 µm.
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