Amaurolithus tricorniculatus

(Gartner, 1967) Gartner & Bukry, 1975 Sep 07, 2020

Set number: 435

  • Amaurolithus tricorniculatus 1473 14 1
    10µm
Amaurolithus tricorniculatus, Early Pliocene, Antalya Basin, Turkey

Set number: 257

  • Amaurolithus tricorniculatus 48955 1
  • Amaurolithus tricorniculatus 48951 2
  • Amaurolithus tricorniculatus 48958 3
  • Amaurolithus tricorniculatus 48961 4
  • Amaurolithus tricorniculatus 48956 5
  • Amaurolithus tricorniculatus 48952 6
  • Amaurolithus tricorniculatus 48957 7
  • Amaurolithus tricorniculatus 48960 8
    10µm
Amaurolithus tricorniculatus, Early Pliocene, Santos Basin, Brazil
Final Epithet
Amaurolithus tricorniculatus (Gartner, 1967) Gartner & Bukry, 1975
Basionym

Ceratolithus tricorniculatus Gartner, 1967

References

Gartner, S. & Bukry, D., (1975): Morphology and phylogeny of the coccolithophycean family Ceratolithaceae. - Journal of Research of the U.S. Geological Survey. 3: 451-465.

Gartner, S., (1967): Calcareous nannofossils from Neogene of Trinidad, Jamaica, and Gulf of Mexico. - University of Kansas Paleontological Contributions, Papers. 29: 1-7.

Taxonomy
Amaurolithus
Biostratigraphy
  • Phanerozoic
    • Cenozoic
      • Neogene
        • Pliocene
          • Early Pliocene
            • Zanclean
        • Miocene
          • Late Miocene
            • Tortonian
Stratigraphic Range
Tortonian - Zanclean
Age (Ma)
7.45 - 3.93
Holotype
Amaurolithus tricorniculatus 48961

Ceratolithus tricorniculatus Gartner, 1967

Early Pliocene

Sigsbee knolls, Gulf of Mexico.