Batiacasphaera sinensis

"sinensis" Lentin and Williams, 1989, p.36.  Holotype: Jiabo, 1978, pl.23, fig.5.  NOW Sentusidinium minus.  Originally Tenua hystrix subsp. minor, subsequently Kallosphaeridium? minus, thirdly Batiacasphaera minor (combination illegitimate), fourthly (and now) Batiacasphaera sinensis, fifthly Batiacasphaera jiaboi (name not validly published), sixthly (and now) Sentusidinium minus.  Lentin and Williams (1993, p.56) retained this species in Batiacasphaera, but He Chengquan et al. (2009, p.251) retained it in Sentusidinium.  Substitute name for Batiacasphaera minor (Jiabo, 1978) Jan du Chêne et al., 1985a (an illegitimate name).  Age: Early Tertiary.

Parent: Batiacasphaera