Varol Research | Biantholithus flosculus

Set number: 817

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Biantholithus? flosculus, Late Paleocene, IODP Leg 171, Site 1051A, Black Nose, Western North Atlantic

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Biantholithus? flosculus, Late Paleocene, IODP Leg 171, Site 1051A, Black Nose, Western North Atlantic

Set number: 819

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Biantholithus? flosculus, Late Paleocene, DSDP Leg 39, Sites 354, Ceará Rise, North Atlantic Ocean

Final Epithet

Biantholithus flosculus Bown, 2005

Basionym

Biantholithus? flosculus Bown, 2005

Description

Assignment of this species to Biantholithus Bramlette & Martini (1964) is questionable.

References

Bown, P. R., (2005): Palaeogene calcareous nannofossils from the Kilwa and Lindi areas of coastal Tanzania (Tanzania Drilling Project 2003-4). - Journal of Nannoplankton Research. 27(1): 21-95.

Bramlette, M. N. & Martini, E., (1964): The great change in calcareous nannoplankton fossils between the Maastrichtian and Danian. - Micropaleontology. 10(2): 291-322.

Taxonomy

Biantholithus

Biostratigraphy

Stratigraphic Range

Thanetian

Age (Ma)

59.24? - 56.00?

Holotype

Biantholithus flosculus Bown, 2005

Late Paleocene

TDP Site 10, Singino Hill, Tanzania