Spiniferites corniger
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?corniger (Wetzel, 1933b, p.39, pl.5, fig.6 ex Deflandre, 1937b, p.66) Sarjeant, 1970, p.76. Holotype: Wetzel, 1933b, pl.5, fig.6. Originally Hystrichosphaera, subsequently Spiniferites, thirdly (and now) Spiniferites?. Questionable assignment: Stover and Evitt (1978, p.191). This epithet, meaning horn-bearing, is correctly rendered as "corniger" when masculine. Age: Late Cretaceous.
Parent: Spiniferites