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Genus Hystrichosphaera

"Hystrichosphaera" O. Wetzel, 1933b, p.33 ex Deflandre, 1937b, p.61.

EMENDATION: Davey and Williams, 1966a, p.29.

SYNONYM(S): Taxonomic senior synonym: Spiniferites, according to Sarjeant (1970, p.75). Taxonomic junior synonym: Hystrichokibotium, according to Gocht (1969, p.32).

COMMENTS: The name Hystrichosphaera was not validly published in O. Wetzel (1932, p.136; 1933b, p.33), since no type was designated - this contravened the I.C.Z.N. (Article 13b), which is in effect in this case since O. Wetzel treated his microfossils as "protozoans" and used zoological classification. Deflandre (1937b) considered that he was emending Hystrichosphaera.

TYPE: not designated; "type species" - Hystrichosphaera furcata, designated by Deflandre (1937b, p.61).


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