Basionym Name:Multicellaesporites obscurus P. Ke & Z.Y. Shi, Early Tertiary Spores and Pollen Grains from the Costal Region of Bohai (Beijing): 38 + pl. 3, figs 9-11 (1978)
Homotypic synonyms:Chaetosphaerites obscurus (P. Ke & Z.Y. Shi) Kalgutkar & Janson., AASP Contributions Series (Dallas) 39: 53 (2000)