Hystrichosphaera pedata

"?pedata" Wetzel, 1933b, p.55-56, pl.4, fig.35 ex Downie and Sarjeant, 1965, p.119.  Emendation: Sarjeant, 1985b, p.145-146, as Coronifera pedata. Holotype: Wetzel, 1933b, pl.4, fig.35; Sarjeant, 1985b, pl.4, fig.5.  NOW Coronifera.  Originally Hystrichosphaera?, subsequently Spiniferites?, thirdly (and now) Coronifera.  Questionable assignment: Wetzel (1933b, p.55).  Taxonomic senior synonym: Coronifera oceanica, by implication in Sarjeant (1985b, p.145-147), who believed Hystrichosphaera (as Coronifera) pedata to be the senior name - however, Kirsch (1991, p.71) retained the two species.  The name Hystrichosphaera pedata was not validly published in Wetzel (1933b) since the generic name Hystrichosphaera was not validly published until 1937.  Age: Late Cretaceous.

Parent: Hystrichosphaera