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Spiniferites bentorii

Spiniferites bentorii (Rossignol, 1964, p.84-85, pl.1, figs.3,3bis,5-8; pl.3, figs.1-3; text-figs.A-F) Wall and Dale, 1970, p.47-48.

TYPE: Holotype: Rossignol, 1964, pl.1, figs.3,7-8.

HISTORY: Originally Hystrichosphaera, subsequently (and now) Spiniferites.

SYNONYM(S): Taxonomic junior synonym: Hystrichosphaera (as Spiniferites) nodosa, according to Reid (1974, p.598) - however, Lentin and Williams (1981, p.264) retained Hystrichosphaera (as Spiniferites) nodosa.

MOTILE EQUIVALENT: Gonyaulax digitalis (Pouchet, 1883) Kofoid, 1911, according to Wall and Dale (1967, p.352) and Dodge (1989, p.283).

COMMENTS: This name was not validly published in Rossignol (1961, pl.1, figs.7-8), who did not provide a description and Rossignol (1962, p.132), who did not illustrate this taxon or provide a reference to an illustration.

AGE: Pleistocene-Holocene.


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