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Baltisphaeridium huguoniotii

Baltisphaeridium huguoniotii, (Valensi, 1955), Downie and Sarjeant, 1965

NOW Sepispinula?. Originally Hystrichosphaeridium, subsequently Baltisphaeridium (Acritarch), thirdly Cleistosphaeridium, fourthly Cleistosphaeridium?, fifthly Chlamydophorella, sixthly Sepispinula, seventhly (and now) Sepispinula?.
Taxonomic senior synonym: Micrhystridium (as Polysphaeridium, now Sepispinula) ambiguum, according to Yun Hyesu (1981, p.44) and Schiøler and Wilson (1998, p.328) — however, Masure in Fauconnier and Masure (2004, p.500) retained Hystrichosphaeridium (as and now Sepispinula?) huguoniotii.
Taxonomic junior synonym: Hystrichosphaeridium (now Sepispinula) ancoriferum, according to Clarke and Verdier (1967, p.54) — however, Masure in Fauconnier and Masure (2004, p.499) retained Hystrichosphaeridium (as and now Sepispinula) ancoriferum.

Holotype: Valensi, 1955, text-fig.2a
Age: Late Cretaceous
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