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Spiniferites septentrionalis

"Spiniferites septentrionalis" Harland, 1977b, p.103-104, pl.1, figs.12-18; text-fig.4.

TYPE: Holotype: Harland, 1977b, pl.1, figs.17-18; Jan du Chêne and Londeix, 1988, pl.1, figs.10-12.

SYNONYM(S): Taxonomic senior synonym: Achomosphaera andalousiensis, according to Harland (1983, p.326).

COMMENTS: The synonymy of this species with Achomosphaera andalousiensis was questioned in Head and Wrenn (1992, p.2). Matsuoka in Head and Wrenn (1992, p.26) considered that Spiniferites aquilonius is possibly a taxonomic junior synonym of Spiniferites septentrionalis.

AGE: Late Quaternary.


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