Set number: 403

  • Cyclicargolithus abisectus 425 1
  • Cyclicargolithus abisectus 426 2
    10µm
Cyclicargolithus abisectus, Middle Miocene, Malta
Final Epithet
Cyclicargolithus abisectus (Muller, 1970a) Wise, 1973
Basionym

Coccolithus? abisectus Muller, 1970a

Description

Large species of Cyclicargolithus Bukry, 1971b having size ranges between 10.5 µm and 14.0 µm. This definition is consistent with the size of the holotype (calculated size is 10.5 µm).

Remarks

Cyclicargolithus abisectus differs from Cyclicargolithus neogammation (Bramlette & Wilcoxon, 1967) Bukry, 1971b by being greater than 10.5, whereas the size of the latter is less than 10.5µm

Occurrence
Worldwide
References

Bukry, D., 1971b. Cenozoic calcareous nannofossils from the Pacific Ocean. - San Diego Society of Natural History Transactions 16, 303-327.

Müller, C., 1970a. Nannoplankton aus dem Mittel-Oligozän von Norddeutschland und Belgien. Neues Jahrbuch für Geologie und Paläontologie, Abhandlungen 135, 82-101.

Wise, S. W., 1973. Calcareous nannofossils from cores recovered during Leg 18, Deep Sea Drilling Project: biostratigraphy and observations on diagenesis. Initial Reports of the Deep Sea Drilling Project 18, 569-615.

Bramlette, M. N., Wilcoxon, J. A., 1967. Middle Tertiary calcareous nannoplankton of the Cipero section, Trinidad, W.I. Tulane Studies in Geology and Paleontology 5, 93-131.