Caracomia prolata

(Bukry & Bramlette, 1969b) Varol, n. comb. Mar 31, 2022

Set number: 1288

  • Caracomia elleiptikos VR 09056 1
  • Caracomia elleiptikos VR 09061 2
  • Caracomia elleiptikos VR 09066 3
  • Caracomia elleiptikos VR 09075 4
  • Caracomia elleiptikos VR 09055 5
  • Caracomia elleiptikos VR 09062 6
  • Caracomia elleiptikos VR 09065 7
  • Caracomia elleiptikos VR 09076 8
  • Caracomia elleiptikos VR 09058 9
  • Caracomia elleiptikos VR 09060 10
  • Caracomia elleiptikos VR 09064 11
  • Caracomia elleiptikos VR 09072 12
  • Caracomia elleiptikos VR 09057 13
  • Caracomia elleiptikos VR 09059 14
  • Caracomia elleiptikos VR 09063 15
  • Caracomia elleiptikos VR 09071 16
  • Caracomia elleiptikos VR 09077 17
  • Caracomia elleiptikos VR 09078 18
  • Caracomia elleiptikos VR 09073 19
  • Caracomia elleiptikos VR 09074 20
  • Caracomia elleiptikos VR 09079 21
  • Caracomia elleiptikos VR 09080 22
  • Caracomia elleiptikos VR 09069 23
  • Caracomia elleiptikos VR 09068 24
    10µm
Caracomia prolata, Early Pliocene, DSDP Leg 23, Site 225, Red Sea
Final Epithet
Caracomia prolata (Bukry & Bramlette, 1969b) Varol, n. comb.
Basionym

Thoracosphaera prolata Bukry & Bramlette 1969b

References

Bukry, D., Bramlette, M. N., 1969b. Some new and stratigraphically useful calcareous nannofossils of the Cenozoic. Tulane Studies in Geology 7, 131-142.

Taxonomy
Caracomia
Biostratigraphy
  • Phanerozoic
    • Cenozoic
      • Neogene
        • Pliocene
          • Early Pliocene
            • Zanclean
      • Paleogene
        • Eocene
          • Middle Eocene
            • Lutetian
Stratigraphic Range
Lutetian - Zanclean
Age (Ma)
48.07? - 3.60?
Holotype
Caracomia elleiptikos VR 09079 1

Thoracosphaera prolata Bukry & Bramlette, 1969d

Middle Eocene

Scripps core 116P, Pacific Ocean