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Hystrichosphaeridium kiowanum

Hystrichosphaeridium kiowanum Tasch, 1964

Tax. jr. synonym of Hystrichosphaeridium (now Kiokansium) unituberculatum Tasch, 1964, according to Stover and Evitt, 1978.
Holotype: Tasch, 1964, pl.2, fig.1
Locus typicus: Clark County, Kansas, USA
Stratum typicum: Albian

Original diagnosis: Tasch, 1964, p.193
Lozenge-shaped shell with thin processes unequally distributed so that their smallest density is at the narrow ends; processes flattened or blunt and bifurcate at extremities.
Dimensions: Holotype: Length 45 µm; width 30 µm; length of processes from 6-10 µm.
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