Subathua balcanica

"balcanica" (Balteş, 1971, p.6, pl.3, figs.3-7) Khanna and Singh, 1980, p.308 and 1981b, p.394.  Holotype: Balteş, 1971, pl.3, figs.3-7.  Combination not validly published: basionym not fully referenced.  NOW Spiniferites.  Originally Thalassiphora, subsequently Disphaeria, thirdly Subathua (combination not validly published), fourthly (and now) Spiniferites.  Taxonomic senior synonym: Pterospermopsis (as and now Thalassiphora) pelagica, according to Stover and Evitt (1978, p.194) - however, Sütő-Szentai (2000, p.162) retained Thalassiphora (as Spiniferites) balcanica.  Age: Early Pliocene.

Parent: Subathua