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Hystrichosphaeridium reniforme

Hystrichosphaeridium reniforme Tasch, 1964

Originally Hystrichosphaeridium, subsequently Oligosphaeridium.
Tax. jr. synonym of Hystrichosphaeridium (subsequently Oligosphaeridium) irregulare Pocock, 1962, according to Stover and Evitt, 1978, which species is a tax. jr. synonym of Oligosphaeridium albertense (Pocock, 1962) Davey and Williams, 1969, according to Jansonius, 1986.
Holotypus: Tasch, 1964, pl.2, fig.6
Locus typicus: Clark County, Kansas, U.S.A.
Stratum typicum: Albian

Original diagnosis: Tasch,, 1964, p.193
Shell reniform, with few, thick processes that markedly expand from origins on shell to process extremity, assuming an eccentric, funnellike configuration; extremities of processes flat, or splitting into brief, thin, straight or recurved extensions. Twelve processes spaced on body in groups of three.
Dimensions: Holotype: Length 52 µm; width 36 µm; maximum length of processes 20 µm; width of processes 2-5 µm; maximum width of flare at extremities of processes 12 µm.
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