Difference between revisions of "Spiniferites"

<B><I>SPINIFERITES</I></B> [[Mantell, 1850]], p.191.&nbsp; Emendation: [[Sarjeant, 1970]], p.75.&nbsp; Taxonomic junior synonyms: <I>[[Hafniasphaera]]</I>, according to [[Stover and Williams, 1987|Stover and Williams (1987]], p.117) - however, [[Edwards, 1996|Edwards (1996]], p.989) retained <I>[[Hafniasphaera]]</I>; <I>[[Hystrichosphaera]]</I>, according to [[Sarjeant, 1970|Sarjeant (1970]], p.75); <I>[[Hystrichokibotium]]</I>, by implication in [[Gocht, 1969|Gocht (1969]], p.32), who considered <I>[[Hystrichokibotium]]</I> to be a taxonomic junior synonym of <I>[[Hystrichosphaera]]</I>; <I>[[Rivernookia]]</I>, according to [[Stover and Williams, 1987|Stover and Williams (1987]], p.195) - however, <I>[[Rivernookia]]</I> is now considered a taxonomic junior synonym of <I>[[Hafniasphaera]]</I>; <I>[[Achomosphaera]]</I>, according to [[Duxbury, 1983|Duxbury (1983]], p.54-55) - however, [[Lentin and Williams, 1989|Lentin and Williams (1989]], p.3) retained <I>[[Achomosphaera]]</I>; <I>[[Pseudospiniferites]]</I>, by implication in [[Schi&#248;ler, 2005|Schi&#248;ler (2005]], p.30), who transferred the type, <I>[[Pseudospiniferites manumii]]</I>, to <I>Spiniferites</I>.&nbsp; [[Loeblich Jr. and Loeblich III, 1966|Loeblich Jr. and Loeblich III (1966]], p.56-57) designated <I>[[Spiniferites ramosus]]</I> as the "type species" of <I>Spiniferites</I>.&nbsp; [[Fensome et al., 1993b|Fensome et al. (1993b]], p.93) considered <I>Spiniferites</I> to be the possible taxonomic senior synonym of <I>[[Gonyaulax Appendix B|Gonyaulax]]</I>.&nbsp; I.C.N. Article 11.7 now stipulates that names based on extant types take priority over names based on fossil types, so if the two genera are considered synonymous, <I>[[Gonyaulax Appendix B|Gonyaulax]]</I> should now have priority.&nbsp; However, I.C.N. Article 11.1 makes allowance for dual taxonomy for fossils (see Introduction).&nbsp; Type: [[Ehrenberg, 1837b]], pl.1, fig.15, as <I>[[Xanthidium ramosum Appendix A|Xanthidium ramosum]]</I> - lectotype designated by [[Davey and Williams, 1966a|Davey and Williams (1966a]], p.32)<I>.</I>

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