Difference between revisions of "Polysphaeridium majus"

"?<B><I>majus</I></B>" ([[Lejeune-Carpentier, 1940]], p.B220-B221; text-fig.13) [[Davey and Williams, 1969]], p.6.&nbsp; Emendation: [[Lejeune-Carpentier and Sarjeant, 1981]], p.12, as <I>[[Amphorosphaeridium majus]]</I>.&nbsp; Holotype: [[Lejeune-Carpentier, 1940]], text-fig.13; [[Streel et al., 1977]], pl.1, fig.7; [[Lejeune-Carpentier and Sarjeant, 1981]], pl.2, figs.6-7; text-fig.7.&nbsp; <B>NOW</B> <I>[[Exochosphaeridium majus|Exochosphaeridium]]</I>.&nbsp; Originally <I>[[Hystrichosphaeridium majus|Hystrichosphaeridium]]</I>, subsequently <I>Polysphaeridium</I>?, thirdly <I>[[Cordosphaeridium majus|Cordosphaeridium]]</I>, fourthly <I>[[Dapsilidinium majus|Dapsilidinium]]</I>? (combination not validly published), fifthly  <I>[[Amphorosphaeridium majus|Amphorosphaeridium]]</I>, sixthly (and now) <I>[[Exochosphaeridium majus|Exochosphaeridium]]</I>.&nbsp; Questionable assignment: [[Davey and Williams, 1969|Davey and Williams (1969]], p.6).&nbsp; Taxonomic junior synonyms: <I>[[Baltisphaeridium bifidum Appendix A|Baltisphaeridium]]</I> (as <I>[[Exochosphaeridium bifidum|Exochosphaeridium]]</I>) <I>[[Baltisphaeridium bifidum Appendix A|bifidum]]</I> and <I>[[Exochosphaeridium bifidum var. involutum|Exochosphaeridium bifidum]]</I> var. <I>[[Exochosphaeridium bifidum var. involutum|involutum]]</I> (as <I>[[Exochosphaeridium bifidum subsp. involutum|Exochosphaeridium bifidum]]</I> subsp. <I>[[Exochosphaeridium bifidum subsp. involutum|involutum]]</I>), both according to Peyrot (2011, p.284).&nbsp; This combination, as a questionable assignment, was not validly published in [[Davey and Williams, 1966b|Davey and Williams (1966b]], p.95), since these authors did not fully reference the basionym.&nbsp; Age: Late Cretaceous.