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Appendix A

Baltisphaeridium hirsutoides

Baltisphaeridium hirsutoides (Eisenack, 1951, p.189-190, pl.3, fig.8) Eisenack, 1959, p.196.

TYPE: Holotype: Eisenack, 1931, pl.5, fig.19, as "Ovum hispidum cf. hirsutum Ehrenb.", lost according to Eisenack et al. (1973, p.125). Neotype: Eisenack, 1951, pl.3, fig.8, designated by Eisenack et al. (1973, p.125).

HISTORY: Originally Hystrichosphaeridium, subsequently (and now) Baltisphaeridium.

COMMENTS: This combination was not validly published in Eisenack (1958b, p.400), since that author did not fully reference the basionym.

AGE: Late Ordovician.


Infraspecific taxa:


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