"Hystrichosphaeridium choanophorum" Deflandre and Cookson, 1955, p.271-272; text-figs.23-29.
EMENDATION: Harland and Hill, 1979, p.39,41, as Melitasphaeridium choanophorum. TYPE: Holotype: Deflandre and Cookson, 1955, text-figs.23-26; Fensome et al., 1993a, figs.1-4 - p.1055. HISTORY: NOW: Melitasphaeridium. Originally Hystrichosphaeridium, subsequently (and now) Melitasphaeridium. SYNONYM(S): Taxonomic junior synonym: Melitasphaeridium aequabile, according to Harland, Head and Wrenn in Head and Wrenn (1992, p.10). COMMENTS: This name was not validly published in Deflandre and Cookson (1954, p.1236), since these authors did not provide a description. AGE: Pliocene.
Infraspecific taxa: Go up one level. DINOFLAJ (c) 1998 |