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Appendix A

Ovum hispidum subsp. penicillatum

"Ovum hispidum subsp. penicillatum" (Ehrenberg, 1843b, p.61 ex Ehrenberg, 1854, pl.37, fig.8.3) Downie and Sarjeant, 1965, p.174 Holotype: Ehrenberg, 1854, pl.37, fig.8.3.

STATUS: Combination not validly published: specific name not validly published, basionym not fully referenced, and combination not intended.

HISTORY: NOW: Systematophora penicillata. Originally Xanthidium penicillatum (Appendix A), subsequently Hystrichosphaera penicillata (combination not validly published), thirdly Hystrichosphaeridium penicillatum, fourthly Ovum hispidum subsp. penicillatum (combination not validly published), fifthly Hystrichosphaeridium? penicillatum, sixthly (and now) Systematophora penicillata.

SYNONYM(S): Taxonomic junior synonym: Systematophora fasciculigera, according to Sarjeant (1980a, p.282).

COMMENTS: Downie and Sarjeant (1965, p.174) attributed this combination to Lohmann (1904); however, the combination apparently was not proposed in the latter publication.

AGE: Late Oxfordian.


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