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Hystrichosphaeridium fucosum
Hystrichosphaeridium fucosum (Valensi, 1955) Downie and Sarjeant, 1965
NOW Litosphaeridium. Originally Micrhystridium, subsequently Hystrichosphaeridium, thirdly Polysphaeridium?, fourthly Dapsilidinium?, fifthly (and now) Litosphaeridium.
Taxonomic junior synonyms: Hystrichosphaeridium tubiferum var. brevispinum, according to Below (1982c, p.29) — however, Lentin and Williams (1985, p.190) retained Hystrichosphaeridium tubiferum subsp. brevispinum; Hystrichosphaeridium (as Litosphaeridium) arundum, according to Below (1982c, p.29) — however, Lentin and Williams (1985, p.227) retained Litosphaeridium arundum.
Holotype: Valensi, 1955a, text-fig.2b; Fauconnier and Masure, 2004, pl.52, figs.8–11.
Age: Late Cretaceous
NOW Litosphaeridium. Originally Micrhystridium, subsequently Hystrichosphaeridium, thirdly Polysphaeridium?, fourthly Dapsilidinium?, fifthly (and now) Litosphaeridium.
Taxonomic junior synonyms: Hystrichosphaeridium tubiferum var. brevispinum, according to Below (1982c, p.29) — however, Lentin and Williams (1985, p.190) retained Hystrichosphaeridium tubiferum subsp. brevispinum; Hystrichosphaeridium (as Litosphaeridium) arundum, according to Below (1982c, p.29) — however, Lentin and Williams (1985, p.227) retained Litosphaeridium arundum.
Holotype: Valensi, 1955a, text-fig.2b; Fauconnier and Masure, 2004, pl.52, figs.8–11.
Age: Late Cretaceous