Multiplicisphaeridium vestitum Appendix A

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"?vestitum" (Deflandre, 1939a, p.189-190, pl.11, figs.4-6) Pocock, 1972, p.116.  Emendation: Sarjeant, 1960b, p.397, as Baltisphaeridium vestitum. Holotype: Deflandre, 1939a, pl.11, fig.5; Fauconnier and Masure, 2004, pl.74, figs.11-12.  NOW Surculosphaeridium?.  Originally Hystrichosphaeridium, subsequently Baltisphaeridium (Appendix A), thirdly Surculosphaeridium, fourthly (and now) Surculosphaeridium?, fifthly Multiplicisphaeridium?, sixthly Systematophora.  Questionable assignment: Pocock (1972, p.116).  Taxonomic junior synonym: Polystephanosphaera valensii, according to Courtinat (1989, p.173) - however, Stancliffe and Sarjeant (1990, p.209) retained Polystephanosphaera (as and now Systematophora) valensii.  Age: Jurassic (Oxfordian).

Parent: Multiplicisphaeridium