"Baltisphaeridium reginaldii" (Mantell, 1844, p.240; text-fig.53, no.5) Downie and Sarjeant, 1965, p.95.
EMENDATION: Sarjeant, 1967c, p.244-245, as Hystrichosphaera reginaldii. TYPE: Holotype: Mantell, 1844, text-fig.53, no.5; Sarjeant, 1967c, figs.3A-B,4-5; Sarjeant, 1992a, figs.2,4a-b. HISTORY: NOW: Spiniferites?. Originally Xanthidium (Appendix A), subsequently Spiniferites, thirdly Hystrichosphaera, fourthly Baltisphaeridium, fifthly (and now) Spiniferites?. COMMENTS: This combination was not validly published in Downie and Sarjeant (1963, p.92), since these authors did not fully reference the basionym. AGE: Late Cretaceous.
Infraspecific taxa: Go up one level. DINOFLAJ (c) 1998 |