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Cordosphaeridium hirundo

Cordosphaeridium? hirundo (Eisenack, 1958a, p.404-405, pl.24, fig.12) Stover and Evitt, 1978, p.147.

EMENDATION: Sarjeant, 1985a, p.76-77, as Achomosphaera hirundo.

TYPE: Holotype: Eisenack, 1958a, pl.24, fig.12.

HISTORY: Originally Hystrichosphaeridium, subsequently Achomosphaera, thirdly Lanternosphaeridium, fourthly (and now) Cordosphaeridium?, fifthly Spiniferites?. Lentin and Williams (1989, p.74) questionably retained this species in Cordosphaeridium. Questionable assignment: Stover and Evitt (1978, p.47).

ETYMOLOGY: N.I.A.

AGE: Early Cretaceous.


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