Set number: 116

  • Acaenolithus dempta 1004 1
  • Acaenolithus dempta 1003 2
  • Acaenolithus dempta 1001 3
  • Acaenolithus dempta 1002 4
    10µm
Acaenolithus dempta, Late Albian, Eastern Gulf of Mexico

Set number: 114

  • Acaenolithus dempta 15160 1
  • Acaenolithus dempta 15162 2
  • Acaenolithus dempta 15164 3
  • Acaenolithus dempta 15167 4
  • Acaenolithus dempta 15161 5
  • Acaenolithus dempta 15163 6
  • Acaenolithus dempta 15165 7
  • Acaenolithus dempta 15166 8
    10µm
Acaenolithus dempta, Middle Albian, DSDP Leg 36, Site 327A, The Maurice Ewing Bank, Falkland Plateau

Set number: 115

  • Acaenolithus dempta 15435 1
  • Acaenolithus dempta 15437 2
  • Acaenolithus dempta 15440 3
  • Acaenolithus dempta 15444 4
  • Acaenolithus dempta 15436 5
  • Acaenolithus dempta 15438 6
  • Acaenolithus dempta 15439 7
  • Acaenolithus dempta 15443 8
  • Acaenolithus dempta 15442 9
  • Acaenolithus dempta 15441 10
    10µm
Acaenolithus dempta, Late Albian, DSDP Leg 36, Site 327A, The Maurice Ewing Bank, Falkland Plateau
Final Epithet
Acaenolithus dempta (Forchheimer, 1972) Varol, n. comb.
Basionym

Broinsonia dempta Forchheimer, 1972

Synonyms

Acaenolithus galloisii Black, 1973

Remarks

Species of Acaenolithus having a size less than 5.50µm is placed to Acaenolithus dempta. Acaenolithus galloisii is considered to be a junior synonym of Acaenolithus dempta based on its size. Both species were originally described by not having any central mesh or lateral bars between the arms of the central cross.

References

Black, M., (1973): British Lower Cretaceous Coccoliths. I-Gault Clay (Part 2). PalaeontographicalSociety Monograph, 127: 49-112.

Forchheimer, S., (1972): Scanning electron microscope studies of Cretaceous coccoliths from the Köpingsberg Borehole No. 1, SE Sweden. SverigesGeologiskaUndersökning; Series C, #668, 65: 1-141.