Surculosphaeridium stella

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?stella (Wetzel, 1952, p.403, pl.A, fig.4; text-fig.23) Fauconnier in Fauconnier and Masure (2004, p.519).  Emendation: Sarjeant, 1984c, p.135, as Surculosphaeridium phoenix subsp. stella.  Holotype: Wetzel, 1952, pl.A, fig.4; Dietz et al. 1999, text-fig.6f.  Originally Hystrichosphaeridium oligacanthum subsp. stella, subsequently Baltisphaeridium oligacanthum subsp. stella (Appendix A), thirdly Cleistosphaeridium? oligacanthum subsp. stella, fourthly Surculosphaeridium? phoenix subsp. stella, fifthly (and now) Surculosphaeridium? stella.  Questionable assignment: Fauconnier and Pourtoy in Fauconnier and Masure (2004, p.519) as a problematic species.  N.I.A.  Age: Paleocene.

Parent: Surculosphaeridium