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