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Spiniferites cambrus

"Spiniferites cambrus" (Sah et al., 1970, p.144, pl.1, fig.3) Stover and Evitt, 1978, p.190.

TYPE: Holotype: Sah et al., 1970, pl.1, fig.3.

HISTORY: Originally Achomosphaera, subsequently Spiniferites.

SYNONYM(S): Taxonomic senior synonym: Galea (now Spiniferites) twistringiensis, by implication in Jain (1982, p.51), who considered Achomosphaera cambra to be a taxonomic junior synonym (at subspecific rank) of Hystrichosphaera ramosa var. multibrevis (as Spiniferites ramosus subsp. multibrevis), which is now considered to be a taxonomic junior synonym (at specific rank) of Galea (now Spiniferites) twistringiensis.

AGE: Late Cretaceous.


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