Spiniferites Mantell, 1850, p.191.
EMENDATION:
Sarjeant, 1970, p.75.
SYNONYM(S): Taxonomic junior synonyms:
Hafniasphaera,
according to
Stover and Williams (1987,
p.117) - however,
Edwards (1996,
p.989) retained
Hafniasphaera;
Hystrichosphaera,
according to
Sarjeant (1970,
p.75);
Hystrichokibotium,
by implication in
Gocht (1969,
p.32),
who considered
Hystrichokibotium
to be a taxonomic junior synonym of
Hystrichosphaera;
Rivernookia,
according to
Stover and Williams (1987,
p.195);
Achomosphaera,
according to
Duxbury (1983,
p.54-55) - however,
Lentin and Williams (1989,
p.3) retained
Achomosphaera,
and
Rivernookia
is now considered a taxonomic junior synonym of
Hafniasphaera.
COMMENTS: Loeblich Jr. and Loeblich III (1966, p.56-57) designated
Spiniferites ramosus as the "type species" of
Spiniferites.
Fensome et al. (1993b, p.93) considered
Spiniferites to be the possible taxonomic senior synonym of
Gonyaulax.
TYPE: Ehrenberg, 1838, pl.1,5, as
Xanthidium ramosum, designated by
Davey and Williams (1966a, p.32) as a lectotype of
Hystrichosphaera ramosa.
Species:
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