Toweius eminens

(Bramlette & Sullivan, 1961) Perch-Nielsen, 1971b Sep 20, 2025

Set number: 2153

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Toweius eminens, Late Paleocene, DSDP Leg 25, Site 245, Mozambique Channel (Davie Ridge), Indian Ocean

In the mobile mount

Set number: 2166

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Toweius eminens, Late Paleocene, DSDP Leg 25, Site 245, Mozambique Channel (Davie Ridge), Indian Ocean

In the mobile mount

Set number: 2155

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Toweius eminens, Late Paleocene, DSDP Leg 36, Site 327A, The Maurice Ewing Bank, Falkland Plateau

Set number: 2156

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Toweius eminens, Late Paleocene, DSDP Leg 36, Site 327A, The Maurice Ewing Bank, Falkland Plateau

Set number: 2157

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Toweius eminens, Thanetian, DSDP Leg 36, Site 327A, The Maurice Ewing Bank, Falkland Plateau

Set number: 2158

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Toweius eminens, Late Paleocene, DSDP Leg 36, Site 327A, The Maurice Ewing Bank, Falkland Plateau

Set number: 2159

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Toweius eminens, Late Paleocene, DSDP Leg 36, Site 327A, The Maurice Ewing Bank, Falkland Plateau

Set number: 2160

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Toweius eminens, Late Paleocene, DSDP Leg 36, Site 327A, The Maurice Ewing Bank, Falkland Plateau

Set number: 2161

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Toweius eminens, Late Paleocene, DSDP Leg 36, Site 327A, The Maurice Ewing Bank, Falkland Plateau

Set number: 2162

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Toweius eminens, Middle Paleocene / Late Paleocene, DSDP Leg 25, Site 245, Mozambique Channel (Davie Ridge), Indian Ocean

Set number: 2163

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Toweius eminens, Middle Paleocene / Late Paleocene, DSDP Leg 25, Site 245, Mozambique Channel (Davie Ridge), Indian Ocean

Set number: 2164

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Toweius eminens, Middle Paleocene / Late Paleocene, DSDP Leg 25, Site 245, Mozambique Channel (Davie Ridge), Indian Ocean

Set number: 2165

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Toweius eminens, Middle Paleocene / Late Paleocene, DSDP Leg 25, Site 245, Mozambique Channel (Davie Ridge), Indian Ocean

Set number: 2167

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Toweius eminens, Late Paleocene, DSDP Leg 36, Site 327A, The Maurice Ewing Bank, Falkland Plateau

Set number: 2168

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Toweius eminens, Late Paleocene, Santos Basin, Brazil

Final Epithet

Toweius eminens (Bramlette & Sullivan, 1961) Perch-Nielsen, 1971b

Basionym

Coccolithus eminens Bramlette & Sullivan, 1961

References

Bramlette, M. N. & Sullivan, F. R. 1961, Coccolithophorids and related nannoplankton of the Early Tertiary in California. Micropaleontology 7(2): 129-188.

Perch-Nielsen, K. 1971b. Einige neue Coccolithen aus dem Paläozän der Bucht von Biskaya und dem Eozän der Labrador See. Bulletin of the Geological Society of Denmark 21: 347-361.

Taxonomy

Toweius

Biostratigraphy

Stratigraphic Range

Selandian - Ypresian

Zone(s)

NP5 - NP10

Age (Ma)

60.85 - 54.40

Holotype

Coccolithus eminens Bramlette & Sullivan, 1961

Paleocene

Lodo section, northwestern Fresno County, central California, USA