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Hystrichosphaeridium lateraliprocessum
From Fensome et al., 2019:
Hystrichosphaeridium ?lateraliprocessum Srivastava and Banerjee, 1969, p.102, pl.1, figs.1–3. Holotype: Srivastava and Banerjee, 1969, pl.1, figs.1–3. Originally Hystrichosphaeridium, subsequently (and now) Hystrichosphaeridium?. Questionable assignment: Stover and Evitt (1978, p.56) as a problematic species. Age: Eocene.
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Original description: [Srivastava and Banerjee, 1969]:
Hystrichosphaeridium lateraliprocessum sp. nov.
Plate 1, Figs. 1-3
Diagnosis: Body oval, somewhat bluntly pointed, light brown. Body wall well defined, less than I thick, fainly reticulate. Processes almost equidistantly studded over the body, long, stout, solid, arising with a pyramidal base, very gradually tapering towards the end. Tips invariably branched into 2-5. Fine branches arranged in different patterns. Some processes characteristically show the lateral branching of the axis.
Measurements: Body size 52.6 x 30 μ. Processes: (average) 18.54 μ long; ca. 4 μ wide at the base.
Comparison: No species known to the authors is directly comparable. The lateral branching of the processes warrants a separate designation as a new species.
Holotype : Sl. no. C4/19-25 cms (ii); 37.5:91.7.
Type locality: Assam, N.E. India; TDW 5,3800 - 3803 m.
Hystrichosphaeridium ?lateraliprocessum Srivastava and Banerjee, 1969, p.102, pl.1, figs.1–3. Holotype: Srivastava and Banerjee, 1969, pl.1, figs.1–3. Originally Hystrichosphaeridium, subsequently (and now) Hystrichosphaeridium?. Questionable assignment: Stover and Evitt (1978, p.56) as a problematic species. Age: Eocene.
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Original description: [Srivastava and Banerjee, 1969]:
Hystrichosphaeridium lateraliprocessum sp. nov.
Plate 1, Figs. 1-3
Diagnosis: Body oval, somewhat bluntly pointed, light brown. Body wall well defined, less than I thick, fainly reticulate. Processes almost equidistantly studded over the body, long, stout, solid, arising with a pyramidal base, very gradually tapering towards the end. Tips invariably branched into 2-5. Fine branches arranged in different patterns. Some processes characteristically show the lateral branching of the axis.
Measurements: Body size 52.6 x 30 μ. Processes: (average) 18.54 μ long; ca. 4 μ wide at the base.
Comparison: No species known to the authors is directly comparable. The lateral branching of the processes warrants a separate designation as a new species.
Holotype : Sl. no. C4/19-25 cms (ii); 37.5:91.7.
Type locality: Assam, N.E. India; TDW 5,3800 - 3803 m.