Spiniferites ramosus (Ehrenberg) Mantell 1854

Publication Details
Spiniferites ramosus (Ehrenberg) Mantell 1854: 239, fig. 4

Published in: Mantell, G.A. (1854). The medals of creation or, first lessons in geology, and the study of organic remains. Vol. I. Containing fossil vegetables, zoophytes, echinoderms, and molluscs. Second edition, entirely rewritten. pp. [1]–446, 136 lign.. London: Henry G. Bohn.

Type Species
This is the type species (lectotype) of the genus Spiniferites.

Status of Name
This name is of an entity that is currently accepted taxonomically.

Basionym
Xanthidium ramosum Ehrenberg

Type Information
Type locality: in den Feuersteinen der Kreide. (Delitzsch) bei Leipzig; (INA 1996)

Fossil
Described as a fossil.

Origin of Species Name
Adjective (Latin), branched, bearing branches (usually many) (Stearn 1983).

General Environment
This is a marine species.

Created: 20 November 2006 by G.M. Guiry.

Last updated: 06 September 2024

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Nomenclatural notes
Paleontological name for Gonyaulax spinifera complex (Balkis et al., 2016). According to Ellegaard et al. (2003: 151), Gonyaulax cf. spinifera = S. ramosus. - (15 June 2016) - G.M. Guiry
authority: Mantell, 1854: fig. 4, on p.239 (INA). But INA also notes that Loeblich III thinks this is new comb. of Ehrenberg's Xanthidium ramosum. - (15 June 2016) - G.M. Guiry
S. ramosus Mantell 1854 (INA). - (31 May 2016) - G.M. Guiry

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Citing AlgaeBase
Cite this record as:
E.A. Molinari Novoa in Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. 06 September 2024. AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. https://www.algaebase.org; searched on 05 April 2025