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Hystrichosphaera hirsuta forma minor

"Hystrichosphaera hirsuta forma minor" O. Wetzel, 1933b, p.45-46, pl.4, fig.26.

TYPE: Holotype: O. Wetzel, 1933b, pl.4, fig.26.

STATUS: Name not validly published: the species name Hystrichosphaera hirsuta is not validly published.

HISTORY: NOW: Coronifera striolata? subsp. minor. Originally Hystrichosphaera hirsuta forma minor (name not validly published), subsequently Baltisphaeridium hirsutum forma minus (name not validly published; Appendix A), thirdly Operculodinium? hirsutum subsp. minus (name not validly published), fourthly (and now) Coronifera striolata? subsp. minor.

COMMENTS: This name was also cited by O. Wetzel (1932, caption to pl.3, fig.13 - p.144).

AGE: Late Cretaceous.


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