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Baltisphaeridium hirsutum forma minus
Baltisphaeridium hirsutum forma minus, (O. Wetzel, 1933), Downie and Sarjeant, 1965.
Name not validly published since the specific name Baltisphaeridium hirsutum is not validly published.
Now Coronifera striolata? ssp. minor. Originally Hystrichosphaera hirsuta forma minor (name not validly published), subsequently Baltisphaeridium hirsutum forma minus (name not validly published), thirdly (and now) Coronifera striolata? ssp. minor; see also Operculodinium hirsutum ssp. minor (name not validly published). This taxon was first described and illustrated in O. Wetzel, 1932 but was not validly published, since the species name Xanthidium hirsutum Ehrenberg, 1838 was not validly published and additionally since the genus Hystrichosphaera O. Wetzel, 1933 was not validly published at that time. Sarjeant, 1984 validly published this taxon, as Coronifera striolata? ssp. minor, his citation - Coronifera striolata ssp. minor (O. Wetzel, 1933) Sarjeant, 1984 - must be followed.
Holotype: O. Wetzel, 1933, pl.4, fig.26
Age: Late Cretaceous
Name not validly published since the specific name Baltisphaeridium hirsutum is not validly published.
Now Coronifera striolata? ssp. minor. Originally Hystrichosphaera hirsuta forma minor (name not validly published), subsequently Baltisphaeridium hirsutum forma minus (name not validly published), thirdly (and now) Coronifera striolata? ssp. minor; see also Operculodinium hirsutum ssp. minor (name not validly published). This taxon was first described and illustrated in O. Wetzel, 1932 but was not validly published, since the species name Xanthidium hirsutum Ehrenberg, 1838 was not validly published and additionally since the genus Hystrichosphaera O. Wetzel, 1933 was not validly published at that time. Sarjeant, 1984 validly published this taxon, as Coronifera striolata? ssp. minor, his citation - Coronifera striolata ssp. minor (O. Wetzel, 1933) Sarjeant, 1984 - must be followed.
Holotype: O. Wetzel, 1933, pl.4, fig.26
Age: Late Cretaceous