"Sentusidinium pilosum? forma nanus" O. Wetzel, 1933b, p.43, pl.4, fig.23; text-fig.13 ex Lentin and Williams, 1985, p.322.
EMENDATION: Sarjeant, 1985b, p.145, as Prolixosphaeridium nanus. TYPE: Holotype: O. Wetzel, 1933b, pl.4, fig.23; Sarjeant, 1985b, pl.2, figs.6-7. HISTORY: NOW: Prolixosphaeridium nanus. Originally Hystrichosphaera pilosa forma nanus (name not validly published), subsequently Sentusidinium pilosum? forma nanus, thirdly (and now) Prolixosphaeridium nanus. Questionable assignment: Lentin and Williams (1985, p.322). COMMENTS: The name Hystrichosphaera pilosa forma nanus was not validly published in O. Wetzel (1933b) since the species combination Hystrichosphaera pilosa was not validly published. ETYMOLOGY: N.I.A. AGE: Late Cretaceous.
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