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Chiropteridium mespilanum

"Chiropteridium mespilanum" (Maier, 1959, p.306-307, pl.29, figs.5-6) Lentin and Williams, 1973, p.26.

TYPE: Holotype: Maier, 1959, pl.29, fig.5.

HISTORY: Originally Galea (generic name illegitimate), subsequently Baltisphaeridium (Appendix A), thirdly Chiropteridium, fourthly Hystrichosphaeridium.

SYNONYM(S): Taxonomic senior synonym: Galea (now Chiropteridium) galea, according to Sarjeant (1983, p.108-109). Taxonomic junior synonym: Membranophoridium (subsequently Chiropteridium) partispinatum, according to Matsuoka and Bujak (1988, p.40).

AGE: mid Oligocene-Mid Miocene.


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