Discoaster pentaradiatus

Tan Sin Hok, 1927a Apr 03, 2022

Set number: 1598

  • Discoaster pentaradiatus 1466 12 1
  • Discoaster pentaradiatus 1466 34 2
Discoaster pentaradiatus, Early Pliocene, Antalya Basin, Turkey

Fig. 1 17.6µm; Fig. 2 14.4µm

Set number: 1591

  • Discoaster pentaradiatus VR 08984 1
  • Discoaster pentaradiatus VR 08988 2
  • Discoaster pentaradiatus VR 08983 3
  • Discoaster pentaradiatus VR 08980 4
  • Discoaster pentaradiatus VR 08985 5
  • Discoaster pentaradiatus VR 08989 6
  • Discoaster pentaradiatus VR 08982 7
  • Discoaster pentaradiatus VR 08978 8
  • Discoaster pentaradiatus VR 08976 9
  • Discoaster pentaradiatus VR 08977 10
    10µm
Discoaster pentaradiatus, Early Pliocene, DSDP Leg 23, Site 225, Red Sea

Set number: 1593

  • Discoaster pentaradiatus VR 07541 1
  • Discoaster pentaradiatus VR 07544 2
  • Discoaster pentaradiatus VR 07550 3
  • Discoaster pentaradiatus VR 07549 4
  • Discoaster pentaradiatus VR 07542 5
  • Discoaster pentaradiatus VR 07543 6
  • Discoaster pentaradiatus VR 07551 7
  • Discoaster pentaradiatus VR 07548 8
  • Discoaster pentaradiatus VR 07545 9
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  • Discoaster pentaradiatus VR 07547 11
    10µm
Discoaster pentaradiatus, Early Pliocene, DSDP Leg 23, Site 225, Red Sea

Set number: 1600

  • Discoaster pentaradiatus VR 07383 1
  • Discoaster pentaradiatus VR 07380 2
  • Discoaster pentaradiatus VR 07384 3
  • Discoaster pentaradiatus VR 07392 4
  • Discoaster pentaradiatus VR 07382 5
  • Discoaster pentaradiatus VR 07381 6
  • Discoaster pentaradiatus VR 07385 7
  • Discoaster pentaradiatus VR 07394 8
  • Discoaster pentaradiatus VR 07390 9
  • Discoaster pentaradiatus VR 07391 10
  • Discoaster pentaradiatus VR 07388 11
  • Discoaster pentaradiatus VR 07393 12
    10µm
Discoaster pentaradiatus, Early Pliocene, DSDP Leg 23, Site 225, Red Sea

side view
Final Epithet
Discoaster pentaradiatus Tan Sin Hok, 1927a
Basionym

Discoaster pentaradiatus Tan Sin Hok, 1927

Synonyms

Discoaster ono Styzen, 1994

Discoaster misconceptus (Theodoridis, 1984) Muza & Wise in Muza et al., 1987

Discoaster misconceptus Theodoridis, 1984

Discoaster anconitanus Borsetti & Cati, 1972 (=Discoaster stradneri Cati & Borsetti, 1970)

References

Borsetti, A. M., Cati, F., 1972. Il Nannoplancton calcareo vivente nel Tirreno Centro-meridionale. Giornale di Geologia. 38(II), 395-452

Cati, F., Borsetti, A. M., 1970. I discoasteridi del Miocene delle Marche. Giornale di Geologia. 36(2), 617-652.

Muza, J. P., Wise, S. W., Covington, J. M. (1987). Neogene calcareous nannofossils from Deep Sea Drilling Project Site 603, lower continental rise, western North Atlantic: biostratigraphy and correlation with magnetic and seismic stratigraphy. Initial Reports of the Deep Sea Drilling Project. 93, 593-616.

Styzen, M. J., 1994. Calcareous nannofossil biostratigraphy of Sites 834-839, Lau Basin. Proceedings of the Ocean Drilling Program, Scientific Results. 135, 191-205.

Tan Sin Hok, 1931. Discoasteridae, Coccolirthinae,and Radilaria. Leidse geologische mededelingen. 5, 92-95.

Theodoridis, S., 1984. Calcareous nannofossil biostratigraphy of the Miocene and revision of the helicoliths and discoasters. Utrecht Micropaleontological Bulletin. 32, 1-271.

Taxonomy
Discoaster
Biostratigraphy
  • Phanerozoic
    • Cenozoic
      • Quaternary
        • Pleistocene
          • Early Pleistocene
            • Gelasian
      • Neogene
        • Miocene
          • Late Miocene
            • Tortonian
Stratigraphic Range
Tortonian - Gelasian
Age (Ma)
11.63? - 1.80?
Holotype
Discoaster pentaradiatus VR 08989

Discoaster pentaradiatus Tan Sin Hok, 1927a

Neogene

Bebalain, Sonda Island Indonesia