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Appendix A

Baltisphaeridium brevispinosum

Baltisphaeridium brevispinosum (Eisenack, 1931, p.111, pl.5, figs.3-5 ex Eisenack, 1938a, p.12) Eisenack, 1959, p.197-198.

TYPE: Holotype: Eisenack, 1931, pl.5, fig.3, as Ovum hispidum subsp. brevispinosum, lost according to Eisenack (1959, p.197). Neotype: Eisenack, 1959, pl.15, fig.13, designated by Eisenack (1959, p.197).

HISTORY: Originally Ovum hispidum subsp. brevispinosum (name not validly published), subsequently Hystrichosphaeridium brevispinosum, thirdly (and now) Baltisphaeridium brevispinosum, fourthly Buedingiisphaeridium brevispinosum (combination not validly published, Appendix A).

COMMENTS: This combination was not validly published in Eisenack (1958b, p.400), since that author did not fully reference the basionym. The name Ovum hispidum subsp. brevispinosum was not validly published in Eisenack (1931) since the specific name Ovum hispidum was not validly published.

AGE: Silurian.


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