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Spiniferites furcatus

"Spiniferites furcatus" (Ehrenberg, 1838, pl.1, figs.12,14) Lentin and Williams, 1973, p.128.

TYPE: Holotype: not designated.

STATUS: Combination not validly published: not intended.

HISTORY: Originally Xanthidium furcatum (Appendix A), subsequently Hystrichosphaera furcata, thirdly Ovum hispidum subsp. furcatum (combination not validly published), fourthly Spiniferites furcatus (combination not validly published).

SYNONYM(S): Taxonomic senior synonym: Xanthidium (as Hystrichosphaera, now Spiniferites, according to Davey and Williams (1966a, p.29-33). Taxonomic junior synonym: Geodia? tripunctata (Appendix A), according to Sarjeant (1964a, p.195).

COMMENTS: Lentin and Williams (1973, p.128-129) did not intend to propose a new combination, considering Xanthidium furcatum to be a taxonomic junior synonym of Spiniferites ramosus.

AGE: Late Cretaceous.


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