Baltisphaeridium machaerophorum Appendix A
"machaerophorum" (Deflandre and Cookson, 1955, p.274, pl.9, figs.4,8) Gerlach, 1961, p.191-192. Holotype: Deflandre and Cookson, 1955, pl.9, fig.4. NOW Lingulodinium. Originally Hystrichosphaeridium, subsequently Baltisphaeridium, thirdly Cleistosphaeridium (combination not validly published), fourthly (and now) Lingulodinium. Taxonomic junior synonyms: Cleistosphaeridium disjunctum, according to Reid (1974, p.591); Hystrichosphaeridium ashdodense, according to Wall (1967, p.109); Baltisphaeridium (subsequently) Lingulodinium funginum, Lingulodinium brevispinosum and Lingulodinium sadoense, all according to Kokinos and Anderson (1995, p.162); Hystrichosphaeridium redonense, questionably according to Harland (1977b, p.94) and according to Rochon et al. (1999, p.20). Motile equivalent: Gonyaulax polyedra Stein, 1883, according to Wall and Dale (1968c, p.271). Age: Miocene.
Parent: Baltisphaeridium