Palaeopontosphaera dorsetensis

Varol & Girgis, 1994 Mar 28, 2022

Set number: 1419

  • Palaeopontosphaera dorsetensis 33219 1
  • Palaeopontosphaera dorsetensis 33220 2
  • Palaeopontosphaera dorsetensis 33223 3
  • Palaeopontosphaera dorsetensis 33221 4
    10µm
Palaeopontosphaera dorsetensis, Early Tithonian, DSDP Leg 76, Site 534, Blake-Bahama Basin, Atlantic Ocean
Final Epithet
Palaeopontosphaera dorsetensis Varol & Girgis, 1994
Basionym

Palaeopontosphaera dorsetensis Varol & Girgis, 1994

Synonyms

Biscutum dorsetensis (Varol & Girgis, 1994) Bown in Bown & Cooper, 1998

References

Bown, P. R. & Cooper, M. K. E., 1998. Jurassic. In, Bown, P. R. (ed.) Calcareous Nannofossil Biostratigraphy. British Micropalaeontological Society Publication Series. 34-85.

Varol, O. & Girgis, M., 1994. New taxa and taxonomy of some Jurassic to Cretaceous calcareous nannofossils. Neues Jahrbuch für Geologie und Paläontologie, Abhandlungen. 192, 221-253.

Taxonomy
Palaeopontosphaera
Biostratigraphy
  • Phanerozoic
    • Mesozoic
      • Jurassic
        • Late Jurassic
          • -
            • Tithonian
              • Early Tithonian
        • Middle Jurassic
          • -
            • Bathonian
              • Late Bathonian
Stratigraphic Range
Late Bathonian - Early Tithonian
Age (Ma)
165.83? - 145.05?
Holotype
Palaeopontosphaera dorsetensis 33219

Palaeopontosphaera dorsetensis Varol & Girgis, 1994

Early Oxfordian

Jordan Cliff -Red Cliff, Dorset, Britain