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Hystrichosphaeridium pumile

"Hystrichosphaeridium pumile" O. Wetzel, 1933b, p.44, pl.4, fig.24 ex Deflandre, 1937b, p.78.

EMENDATION: Sarjeant, 1985b, p.162, as Diacrocanthidium? pumile.

TYPE: Holotype: O. Wetzel, 1933b, pl.4, fig.24.

HISTORY: NOW: Diacrocanthidium? pumile (Appendix A). Originally Hystrichosphaera longispinosa forma pumilis (name not validly published), subsequently Hystrichosphaeridium pumile, thirdly Baltisphaeridium pumile (combination not validly published; Appendix A), fourthly Micrhystridium pumile (Appendix A), fifthly (and now) Diacrocanthidium? pumile (Appendix A).

COMMENTS: The name Hystrichosphaera longispinosa forma pumilis was not validly published in O. Wetzel (1933b), since the species name Hystrichosphaera longispinosa was not validly published.

AGE: Late Cretaceous (erratic).


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