"Hystrichosphaera tubifera" (Ehrenberg, 1838, pl.1, fig.16) O. Wetzel, 1933b, p.40.
EMENDATION: Davey and Williams, 1966b, p.56-58, as Hystrichosphaeridium tubiferum. TYPE: Holotype: Ehrenberg, 1838, pl.1, fig.16. STATUS: Combination not validly published: generic name not validly published until 1937. HISTORY: NOW: Hystrichosphaeridium tubiferum. Originally Xanthidium tubiferum (Appendix A), subsequently Hystrichosphaera tubifera (combination not validly published), thirdly (and now) Hystrichosphaeridium tubiferum, fourthly Ovum hispidum tubiferum (combination not validly published; Appendix A). SYNONYM(S): Taxonomic junior synonym: Xanthidium (as Hystrichokolpoma) bulbosum, according to Stover and Evitt (1978, p.55) - however, Lentin and Williams (1989, p.134) retained Xanthidium (as Hystrichokolpoma) bulbosum. AGE: ?Late Cretaceous.
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