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Appendix A

Diacrocanthidium pumile

Diacrocanthidium? pumile (O. Wetzel, 1933b, p.4, pl.4, fig.24 ex Deflandre, 1937b, p.78) Sarjeant, 1985b, p.162.

EMENDATION: Sarjeant, 1985b, p.162, as Diacrocanthidium pumile.

TYPE: Holotype: O. Wetzel, 1933b, pl.4, fig.24.

HISTORY: Originally Hystrichosphaera longispinosa forma pumilis (name not validly published), subsequently Hystrichosphaeridium pumile, thirdly Baltisphaeridium pumile (name not validly published; Appendix A), fourthly Micrhystridium pumile (Appendix A), fifthly (and now) Diacrocanthidium? pumile. Questionable assignment: Sarjeant (1985b, p.162).

COMMENTS: See Hystrichosphaera longispinosa forma pumilis for discussion.

AGE: Late Cretaceous (erratic).


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