Discoaster stellulus

Gartner, 1967a Apr 03, 2022

Set number: 1601

  • Discoaster stellulus VR 10132 1
  • Discoaster stellulus VR 10137 2
  • Discoaster stellulus VR 10138 3
  • Discoaster stellulus VR 10139 4
  • Discoaster stellulus VR 10131 5
  • Discoaster stellulus VR 10136 6
  • Discoaster stellulus VR 10143 7
  • Discoaster stellulus VR 10130 8
    10µm
Discoaster stellulus, Late Miocene, DSDP Leg 23, Site 225, Red Sea
Final Epithet
Discoaster stellulus Gartner, 1967a
Basionym

Discoaster stellulus Gartner, 1967a

Synonyms

Discoaster pliostellulus Browning & Bergen in Browning et al., 2017

References

Browning, E., Bergen, J. A., Blair, S. A., Boesiger, T. M., de Kaenel, E., 2017. Late Miocene to Late Pliocene taxonomy and stratigraphy of the genus Discoaster in the circum North Atlantic Basin: Gulf of Mexico and ODP Leg 154. Journal of Nannoplankton Research. 37(2-3), 189-214.

Gartner, S., 1967a. Calcareous nannofossils from Neogene of Trinidad, Jamaica, and Gulf of Mexico. University of Kansas Paleontological Contributions, Papers 29, 1-7.

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 stellulus VR 10143

Discoaster stellulus Gartner, 1967a

Late Miocene

Lengua Formation, Trinidad