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Baltisphaeridium gotlandicum
Baltisphaeridium gotlandicum, (Eisenack, 1954), Downie and Sarjeant, 1965
Now Visbysphaera (an acritarch genus). Originally Hystrichosphaeridium, subsequently Baltisphaeridium, thirdly Multiplicisphaeridium (an acritarch genus), fourthly (and now) Visbysphaera (an acritarch genus).
Tax. sr. synonym of the acritarch species Baltisphaeridium peltatum Cramer, 1966, according to Cramer, 1970. This combination was not validly published in Downie and Sarjeant, 1963 since these authors did not fully reference the basionym.
Holotype: Eisenack, 1954, pl.1, fig.5
Age: Silurian (Late Llandovery)
Now Visbysphaera (an acritarch genus). Originally Hystrichosphaeridium, subsequently Baltisphaeridium, thirdly Multiplicisphaeridium (an acritarch genus), fourthly (and now) Visbysphaera (an acritarch genus).
Tax. sr. synonym of the acritarch species Baltisphaeridium peltatum Cramer, 1966, according to Cramer, 1970. This combination was not validly published in Downie and Sarjeant, 1963 since these authors did not fully reference the basionym.
Holotype: Eisenack, 1954, pl.1, fig.5
Age: Silurian (Late Llandovery)