Spiniferites reginaldii

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?reginaldii (Mantell, 1844, p.240; text-fig.53, no.5) Mantell, 1854, p.91.  Emendation: Sarjeant, 1967c, p.244–245, as Hystrichosphaera reginaldii.  Holotype: Mantell, 1844, text-fig.53, no.5; Sarjeant, 1967c, figs.3A–B,4–5; Sarjeant, 1992a, figs.2,4a–b.  Originally Xanthidium (Appendix A), subsequently (and now) Spiniferites, thirdly Hystrichosphaera, fourthly Baltisphaeridium (Appendix A), fifthly (and now) Spiniferites?.  Questionable assignment: Stover and Evitt (1978, p.191) as a problematic species.  Age: Late Cretaceous.

Parent: Spiniferites