Gorgonisphaeridium ambiguum (Deflandre, 1937b, p.81, pl.16 [al. pl.13], figs.8-9) Sarjeant and Stancliffe, 1994, p.31.
TYPE: Holotype: Deflandre, 1937b, pl.16 (al. pl.13), fig.8. HISTORY: Originally Micrhystridium (Appendix A), subsequently Cleistosphaeridium, thirdly Polysphaeridium, fourthly Chlamydophorella, fifthly Dapsilidinium, sixthly (and now) Gorgonisphaeridium. SYNONYM(S): Taxonomic junior synonyms: Hystrichosphaeridium (now Sepispinula) huguoniotii, according to Clarke and Verdier (1967, p.54) and Hystrichosphaeridium (now Sepispinula) ancoriferum, according to Yun Hyesu (1981, p.44) - however, Islam (1993, p.88) retained both Hystrichosphaeridium (as and now Sepispinula) huguoniotii and Hystrichosphaeridium (as and now Sepispinula) ancoriferum. AGE: Late Cretaceous.
Infraspecific taxa: Go up one level. DINOFLAJ (c) 1998 |