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Hystrichosphaeridium fabium

Hystrichosphaeridium fabium Tasch, 1964

Originally Hystrichosphaeridium, subsequently Polysphaeridium?.
Tax. jr. synonym of Hystrichosphaeridium (now Kiokansium) unituberculatum Tasch, 1964, according to Stover and Evitt, 1978.
Holotypus: Tasch, 1964, pl.2, fig.5
Locus typicus: Clark County, Kansas, USA
Stratum typicum: Albian

Original diagnosis: Tasch, 1964, p.645
Bean-shaped configuration; processes narrow, elongate, tubular, flat-ended or curling at terminations; body has several plates but no processes emerge from corners.
Dimensions: Holotype: Length (excluding processes) 48 µm; width 32 µm; length of processes 6-10 µm; average thickness of processes 1-3 µm; density of processes 2 + per 5 of edge.
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