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Hystrichosphaera hirsuta forma varians

"Hystrichosphaera hirsuta forma varians" O. Wetzel, 1933b, p.47-48, pl.4, figs.27-29.

TYPE: Holotype: not designated. Lectotype: O. Wetzel, 1933b, pl.4, fig.29, designated by Lentin and Williams (1989, p.78)).

STATUS: Name not validly published: the species name Hystrichosphaera hirsuta is not validly published.

HISTORY: NOW: Coronifera striolata? subsp. varians. Originally Hystrichosphaera hirsuta forma varians (name not validly published), subsequently Baltisphaeridium hirsutum forma varians (name not validly published; Appendix A), thirdly Operculodinium? hirsutum subsp. varians (name not validly published), fourthly (and now) Coronifera striolata subsp. varians?.

COMMENTS: This name (as Hystrichosphaera hirsuta forma rarians) was also cited in O. Wetzel (1932, caption to pl.3, fig.11 - p.144).

AGE: Late Cretaceous.


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