"Ovum hispidum subsp. furcatum" (Ehrenberg, 1838, pl.1, figs.12,14).
TYPE: Holotype: not designated. STATUS: Combination not validly published: specific name not validly published, basionym not fully referenced, and combination not intended. HISTORY: Originally Xanthidium furcatum (Appendix A), subsequently Hystrichosphaera furcata, thirdly Ovum hispidum subsp. furcatum (combination not validly published), fourthly Spiniferites furcatus (combination not validly published). SYNONYM(S): Taxonomic senior synonym: Xanthidium (as Hystrichosphaera; now Spiniferites, according to Davey and Williams (1966a, p.29-33). Taxonomic junior synonym: Geodia? tripunctata (Appendix A), according to Sarjeant (1964a, p.175). COMMENTS: Downie and Sarjeant, 1965, p.174. Downie and Sarjeant (1965, p.174) attributed this combination to Lohmann (1904); however, the combination apparently was not proposed in the latter publication. AGE: Late Cretaceous.
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