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Cleistosphaeridium huguoniotii

"Cleistosphaeridium? huguoniotii" (Valensi, 1955a, p.38-39, text-fig.2a) Davey, 1969a, p.155-156.

TYPE: Holotype: Valensi, 1955a, text-fig.2a.

HISTORY: NOW: Sepispinula. Originally Hystrichosphaeridium, subsequently Baltisphaeridium (Appendix A), thirdly Cleistosphaeridium, fourthly Cleistosphaeridium?, fifthly Chlamydophorella, sixthly (and now) Sepispinula. Questionable assignment: Stover and Evitt (1978, p.32), as a problematical species.

SYNONYM(S): Taxonomic senior synonym: Micrhystridium (as Polysphaeridium, now Gorgonisphaeridium, according to Yun Hyesu (1981, p.44) - however, Islam (1993, p.88) retained Hystrichosphaeridium (as and now Sepispinula) huguoniotii. Taxonomic junior synonym: Hystrichosphaeridium (now Sepispinula) ancoriferum, according to Clarke and Verdier (1967, p.54) - however, Stover and Evitt (1978, p.32) and Islam (1993, p.88) retained Hystrichosphaeridium (as and now Sepispinula) ancoriferum.

AGE: Late Cretaceous.


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