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Spiniferites corniger

Spiniferites? corniger (O. Wetzel, 1933b, p.39, pl.5, fig.6 ex Deflandre, 1937b, p.66) Sarjeant, 1970, p.76.

TYPE: Holotype: O. Wetzel, 1933b, pl.5, fig.6.

HISTORY: Originally Hystrichosphaera, subsequently Spiniferites, thirdly (and now) Spiniferites?. Questionable assignment: Stover and Evitt (1978, p.191).

COMMENTS: This epithet, meaning horn-bearing, is correctly rendered as "corniger" when masculine.

AGE: Late Cretaceous.


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