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Systematophora penicillata

Systematophora penicillata (Ehrenberg, 1843b, p.61 ex Ehrenberg, 1854, pl.37, fig.8.3) Sarjeant, 1980a, p.282.

TYPE: Holotype: Ehrenberg, 1854, pl.37, fig.8.3.

HISTORY: Originally Xanthidium penicillatum (Appendix A), subsequently Hystrichosphaera penicillata (combination not validly published), thirdly Hystrichosphaeridium penicillatum, fourthly Ovum hispidum subsp. penicillatum (combination not validly published; Appendix A), fifthly Hystrichosphaeridium? penicillatum, sixthly (and now) Systematophora penicillata.

SYNONYM(S): Taxonomic junior synonym: Systematophora fasciculigera, according to Sarjeant (1980a, p.282).

COMMENTS: This name was not validly published in Ehrenberg (1843b) since no description, diagnosis or illustration were provided.

AGE: Late Oxfordian.


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