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Hystrichosphaera furcata forma aulosphaeropsis

"Hystrichosphaera furcata forma aulosphaeropsis" O. Wetzel, 1933b, p.35, pl.5, fig.5 ex Downie and Sarjeant, 1965, p.118.

TYPE: Holotype: O. Wetzel, 1933b, pl.5, fig.5.

HISTORY: Originally Hystrichosphaera furcata forma aulosphaeropsis, subsequently Spiniferites ramosus? subsp. aulosphaeropsis.

SYNONYM(S): Taxonomic senior synonym (at specific rank): Avellodinium falsificum, according to Sarjeant (1985b, p.156-157).

COMMENTS: The name Hystrichosphaera furcata forma aulosphaeropsis was not validly published in O. Wetzel (1933b), since the species combination, Hystrichosphaera furcata, was not validly published until 1937.

AGE: Late Cretaceous.


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