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Hystrichosphaeridium mensula

"Hystrichosphaeridium mensula" (O. Wetzel, 1933b, p.49-50, pl.4, fig.32) Downie and Sarjeant, 1965, p.151.

TYPE: Holotype: O. Wetzel, 1933b, pl.4, fig.32.

STATUS: Name not validly published: name not intended.

HISTORY: NOW: Veryhachium (Appendix A). Originally Hystrichosphaera (name not validly published), subsequently Hystrichosphaeridium (name not validly published), thirdly (and now) Veryhachium (Appendix A).

COMMENTS: The name Hystrichosphaera mensula was not validly published in O. Wetzel (1933b), since the generic name Hystrichosphaera was not validly published until 1937. The name Hystrichosphaeridium mensula was attributed to {Deflandre (1937b)%%0392} by Downie and Sarjeant (1965); however, Deflandre (1937b) did not formally propose or use this name.

ETYMOLOGY: N.I.A.

AGE: Late Cretaceous.


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