Baltisphaeridium pilosum var. longispinosum Appendix A

"var. longispinosum" Sarjeant, 1961a, p.102, pl.14, fig.8.  Holotype: Sarjeant, 1961a, pl.14, fig.8.  Originally Baltisphaeridium pilosum var. longispinosum, subsequently Tenua pilosa subsp. longispinosa.  Taxonomic senior synonym (at specific rank): Prolixosphaeridium anasillum, according to Erkmen and Sarjeant (1980, p.64).  Taxonomic senior synonym (at specific rank): Hystrichosphaeridium xanthiopyxides var. granulosum (now Prolixosphaeridium granulosum), according to Sarjeant (1976c, p.19) — however, Erkmen and Sarjeant (1980, p.64–65) considered Baltisphaeridium pilosum var. longispinosum to be a taxonomic junior synonym (at specific rank) of Prolixosphaeridium anasillum.  Age: early Oxfordian.

Parent: Baltisphaeridium pilosum_Appendix A