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Spiniferites balcanicus

"Spiniferites balcanicus" (Baltes, 1971, p.6, pl.3, figs.3-7) Süto-Szentai, 1988, p.356.

TYPE: Holotype: Baltes, 1971, pl.3, figs.3-7.

STATUS: Combination not validly published: basionym not fully referenced.

HISTORY: Originally Thalassiphora, subsequently Disphaeria, thirdly Subathua (combination not validly published), fourthly Spiniferites (combination not validly published).

SYNONYM(S): Taxonomic senior synonym: Pterospermopsis (as and now Thalassiphora) pelagica, according to Stover and Evitt (1978, p.194).

COMMENTS: This combination was also not validly published in Süto (1994, captions to pls.5-6 - p.470) since that author did not fully reference the basionym.

AGE: Early Pliocene.


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