Difference between revisions of "Spiniferites bentorii"

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bentorii (Rossignol, 1964, p.84-85, pl.1, figs.3,3bis,5-8; pl.3, figs.1-3; text-figs.A-F) Wall and Dale, 1970, p.47-48.  Holotype: Rossignol, 1964, pl.1, figs.3,7-8.  Originally Hystrichosphaera, subsequently (and now) Spiniferites.  Taxonomic junior synonyms: Hystrichosphaera (as Spiniferites) nodosa, according to Reid (1974, p.598) and Harland (1977b, p.98-99) - however, Lentin and Williams (1981, p.264) retained Hystrichosphaera (as Spiniferites) nodosa; and Leptodinium churchillii, according to Harland (1977b, p.98-99) - however, the latter is now generally considered a taxonomic junior synonym of Hystrichosphaera (now Spiniferites) nodosa.  The name Hystrichosphaera bentorii was not validly published in Rossignol (1961, pl.1, figs.7-8), who did not provide a description, and in Rossignol (1962, p.132), who did not illustrate this taxon or provide a reference to an illustration.  Motile equivalent: Gonyaulax digitalis (Pouchet, 1883) Kofoid, 1911, according to Wall and Dale (1967, p.352) and Dodge (1989, p.283).  Age: Pleistocene-Holocene.

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