Coccolithus streckeri

Takayama & Sato, 1987 Sep 13, 2020

Set number: 375

  • Coccolithus streckeri 312 1
  • Coccolithus streckeri 313 2
    10µm
Coccolithus streckeri, Early Miocene, DSDP Leg 25, Site 242, Mozambique Channel (Davie Ridge), Indian Ocean

without diagonal bar
Final Epithet
Coccolithus streckeri Takayama & Sato, 1987
Basionym

Coccolithus streckeri Takayama & Sato 1987

Description

Medium to large size (4.0-10.0µm), elliptical species of Coccolithus Schwarz (1894) having a vast central opening often spanned by a diagonal bar.

References

Takayama, T. & Sato, T., (1987): Coccolith biostratigraphy of the North Atlantic Ocean, Deep Sea Drilling Project Leg 94. - Initial Reports of the Deep Sea Drilling Project. 94: 651-702.

Taxonomy
Coccolithus
Biostratigraphy
  • Phanerozoic
    • Cenozoic
      • Quaternary
        • Pleistocene
          • Late Pleistocene
            • Tarantian
      • Neogene
        • Miocene
          • Early Miocene
            • Aquitanian
Stratigraphic Range
Aquitanian - Tarantian
Age (Ma)
23.04? - 0.01?
Holotype
Coccolithus streckeri 312 Coccolithus streckeri 312

Coccolithus streckeri Takayama & Sato, 1987

Late Pliocene

DSDP Leg 94, Site 608, North Atlantic Ocean