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      <p ns="0" title="Batiacasphaera hystricosa" snippet="...otologue, but the authors state that it is derived from the classical word &lt;span class=&#039;searchmatch&#039;&gt;meaning&lt;/span&gt; &amp;quot;thorny&amp;quot; - i.e. &amp;quot;&amp;lt;I&amp;gt;hystricosus&amp;lt;/I&amp;gt;&amp;quot;.&amp;amp;nbsp; Age: Late Eocene.&#10;" size="874" wordcount="112" timestamp="2015-09-01T04:00:20Z" />
      <p ns="0" title="Nannoceratopsis magnicornis" snippet="...ig.9.&amp;amp;nbsp; The epithet spelling is revised to accord grammatically with a &lt;span class=&#039;searchmatch&#039;&gt;meaning&lt;/span&gt; &amp;quot;big horned&amp;quot;; the neuter would be &amp;lt;I&amp;gt;magnicorne&amp;lt;/I&amp;gt; (J. Jansonius and J. Ri&#10;" size="911" wordcount="113" timestamp="2015-09-01T04:27:06Z" />
      <p ns="0" title="Oligosphaeridium complex" snippet="...&amp;quot;&amp;lt;I&amp;gt;complexum&amp;lt;/I&amp;gt;&amp;quot;.&amp;amp;nbsp; However, he may have wished to imply the English &lt;span class=&#039;searchmatch&#039;&gt;meaning&lt;/span&gt; of the word &amp;quot;complex&amp;quot;, believing, incorrectly, that the word also existed i&#10;" size="2959" wordcount="392" timestamp="2015-09-01T04:28:36Z" />
      <p ns="0" title="Raetiaedinium evittigratia" snippet="...,59.&amp;amp;nbsp; Holotype: [[Kirsch, 1991]], pl.28, figs.2-4.&amp;amp;nbsp; The epithet, &lt;span class=&#039;searchmatch&#039;&gt;meaning&lt;/span&gt; &amp;quot;with thanks to Evitt&amp;quot;, should be cited as a noun in apposition.&amp;amp;nbsp; N.I.&#10;" size="835" wordcount="103" timestamp="2015-09-01T04:35:33Z" />
      <p ns="0" title="Spiniferites aliger" snippet="...fig.1.&amp;amp;nbsp; Holotype: [[Singh, 1983]], pl.50, fig.1.&amp;amp;nbsp; This epithet, &lt;span class=&#039;searchmatch&#039;&gt;meaning&lt;/span&gt; winged, is correctly rendered as &amp;lt;I&amp;gt;aliger&amp;lt;/I&amp;gt; when masculine, &amp;lt;I&amp;gt;aligera&amp;lt;/&#10;" size="817" wordcount="103" timestamp="2015-09-01T04:38:59Z" />
      <p ns="0" title="Spiniferites ancorifer" snippet="...olotype: [[Cookson and Eisenack, 1974]], pl.21, fig.4.&amp;amp;nbsp; This epithet, &lt;span class=&#039;searchmatch&#039;&gt;meaning&lt;/span&gt; anchor-bearing, is correctly rendered as &amp;quot;&amp;lt;I&amp;gt;ancorifer&amp;lt;/I&amp;gt;&amp;quot; when masculine,&#10;" size="865" wordcount="104" timestamp="2015-09-01T04:39:00Z" />
      <p ns="0" title="Spiniferites corniger" snippet="...over and Evitt, 1978|Stover and Evitt (1978]], p.191).&amp;amp;nbsp; This epithet, &lt;span class=&#039;searchmatch&#039;&gt;meaning&lt;/span&gt; horn-bearing, is correctly rendered as &amp;quot;&amp;lt;I&amp;gt;corniger&amp;lt;/I&amp;gt;&amp;quot; when masculine.&amp;amp;nb&#10;" size="1070" wordcount="125" timestamp="2015-09-01T04:39:13Z" />
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