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Hystrichosphaeridium marsupium

Hystrichosphaeridium marsupium Tasch, 1964

Originally Hystrichosphaeridium, subsequently Polysphaeridium?.
Tax. jr. synonym of Hystrichosphaeridium (now Kiokansium) unituberculatum Tasch, 1964, according to Stover and Evitt, 1978.
Holotype: Tasch, 1964, pl.3, fig.16
Locus typicus: Clark County, Kansas, U.S.A.
Stratum typicum: Albian

Original diagnosis: Tasch, 1964, p.193
Pouch-shaped capsule bearing thin, elongate, tubular processes, bifurcate or falt-ended at terminations; body processes occur in clusters; peripheral processes occur as singles.
Dimensions: Holotype: Length 40 µm; width 28 µm; length of processes 8-10 µm; thickness of processes 1 µm; density of processes 1 per 5 µm of edge.
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