Chiasmolithus edentulus

van Heck & Prins, 1987 Jan 22, 2022

Set number: 1509

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Chiasmolithus edentulus, Late Paleocene, DSDP Leg 36, Site 327A, The Maurice Ewing Bank, Falkland Plateau

Set number: 1303

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Chiasmolithus edentulus, Late Paleocene, DSDP Leg 25, Site 245A, Mozambique Channel (Davie Ridge), Indian Ocean

with solid stem base, in mobile mount

Set number: 1122

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Chiasmolithus edentulus, Middle Eocene, DSDP Leg 39, Sites 356, Sào Paulo Plateau, South Atlantic Ocean

Set number: 1306

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Chiasmolithus edentulus, Late Paleocene, DSDP Leg 36, Site 327A, The Maurice Ewing Bank, Falkland Plateau

Final Epithet

Chiasmolithus edentulus van Heck & Prins, 1987

Basionym

Chiasmolithus edentulus van Heck & Prins, 1987

Remarks

Similar to Chiasmolithus solitus but having feet-like structures at the end of the arms of the central cross.

References

van Heck, S. E., Prins, B., 1987. A refined nannoplankton zonation for the Danian of the Central North Sea. Abhandlungen der Geologischen Bundesanstalt 39, 285-303.

Taxonomy

Chiasmolithus

Biostratigraphy

Stratigraphic Range

Danian

Age (Ma)

62.13 - 46.72?

Holotype

Chiasmolithus edentulus van Heck & Prins, 1987

Early Paleocene

North Sea, Denmark