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Endoceratium perforatum

"Endoceratium perforatum" Vozzhennikova, 1967, p.188-189, pl.112, figs.1a-b,3; pl.113, fig.1.

EMENDATION: Yun Hyesu, 1981, p.62, as Xenascus perforatus.

TYPE: Holotype: Vozzhennikova, 1967, pl.112, fig.1a; Lentin and Vozzhennikova, 1990, pl.16, fig.5; text-fig.69.

HISTORY: NOW: Xenascus. Originally Endoceratium, subsequently (and now) Xenascus.

SYNONYM(S): Taxonomic senior synonym: Hystrichosphaera (as Phoberocysta, now Xenascus, according to Davey and Verdier (1971, p.27) - however, Yun Hyesu (1981, p.62) retained Xenascus perforatus.

COMMENTS: Lentin and Vozzhennikova (1990, p.118-119) provided an "expanded description" for this species, as Xenascus perforatus.

AGE: Late Cretaceous.


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