Hystrichosphaeridium tubiferum var. brevispinum
"var. brevispinum" Davey and Williams, 1966b, p.58, pl.10, fig.10. Emendation: Marheinecke, 1992, p.61, as Hystrichosphaeridium proprium subsp. brevispinum. Holotype: Davey and Williams, 1966b, pl.10, fig.10; Bujak et al., 1980, pl.8, figs.10-12; Fauconnier and Masure, 2004, pl.47, figs.1-4. NOW Hystrichosphaeridium tubiferum subsp. brevispinum. Originally Hystrichosphaeridium tubiferum var. brevispinum, subsequently (and now) Hystrichosphaeridium tubiferum subsp. brevispinum, thirdly Hystrichosphaeridium proprium subsp. brevispinum. Taxonomic senior synonym: Micrhystridium (as Dapsilidinium?, now Litosphaeridium) fucosum, according to Below (1982c, p.29) - however, Lentin and Williams (1993, p.336) retained Hystrichosphaeridium tubiferum subsp. brevispinum. Age: Early Eocene. Parent: Hystrichosphaeridium tubiferum