*Spiniferites ramosus (Ehrenberg, 1838, pl.1, figs.1-2,5)
Mantell, 1854, p.239.
TYPE: Holotype: not designated.
Lectotype:
Ehrenberg, 1838, pl.1, fig.5, designated by
Davey and Williams (1966a, p.32).
HISTORY: Originally
Xanthidium ramosum (Appendix A), subsequently (and now)
Spiniferites ramosus, thirdly
Hystrichosphaera ramosa, fourthly
Ovum hispidum subsp. ramosum (combination not validly published, Appendix A), fifthly
Bion ramosum (Appendix A).
Sarjeant (1970, p.75) retained this species in
Spiniferites.
SYNONYM(S): Taxonomic junior synonyms:
Xanthidium
(as
Hystrichosphaera)
furcatum,
according to
Davey and Williams (1966a,
p.29-33);
Galea korykos
and
Hystrichosphaeridium echinoides,
both according to
Sarjeant (1983,
p.91-92);
Areoligera birama,
according to
Morgenroth (1968,
p.550);
Geodia? tripunctata,
by implication in
Sarjeant (1964a,
p.175),
who considered
Geodia? tripunctata
to be a taxonomic junior synonym of
Xanthidium
(as
Hystrichosphaera)
furcatum;
Hystrichosphaera
(subsequently
Spiniferites)
bulloidea,
according to
Harland (1977b,
p.101-102) - however,
Lentin and Williams (1981,
p.259) retained
Hystrichosphaera
(as
Spiniferites)
bulloidea;
Homotryblium distinctum,
according to
Jain and Garg (1982,
p.69),
who considered
Homotryblium distinctum
to be a taxonomic junior synonym of
Spiniferites ramosus subsp. ramosus.
MOTILE EQUIVALENT: Gonyaulax spinifera (Claparède and Lachmann, 1859)
Diesing, 1866, according to
Dodge (1989, p.289).
AGE: Late Cretaceous.
Infraspecific taxa:
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