Prolixosphaeridium nanus

?nanus (Wetzel, 1933b, p.43, pl.4, fig.23; text-fig.13 ex Lentin and Williams, 1985, p.322) Sarjeant, 1985b, p.145.  Emendation: Sarjeant, 1985b, p.145, as Prolixosphaeridium nanus.  Holotype: Wetzel, 1933b, pl.4, fig.23; Sarjeant, 1985b, pl.2, figs.6-7.  Originally Hystrichosphaera pilosa forma nanus (name not validly published), subsequently Sentusidinium pilosum? subsp. nanus, thirdly Prolixosphaeridium nanus, fourthly (and now) Prolixosphaeridium? nanus.  Questionable assignment: Fauconnier and Monteil in Fauconnier and Masure (2004, p.462-463).  The name Hystrichosphaera pilosa forma nanus was not validly published in Wetzel (1933b) since the species combination Hystrichosphaera pilosa was not validly published.  N.I.A.  Age: Late Cretaceous.

Parent: Prolixosphaeridium