Hattneria levis

(Prins & Sissingh in Sissingh, 1977) Varol, n. comb. Aug 03, 2020

Set number: 79

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Hattneria levis, Late Campanian, Unknown

Set number: 82

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Hattneria levis, Late Campanian, ODP Leg 113 Site 690C, Maud Rise, Weddell Sea

Set number: 81

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Hattneria levis, Late Campanian, DSDP Leg 36, Site 327A, The Maurice Ewing Bank, Falkland Plateau

Set number: 80

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Hattneria levis, Late Campanian, Unknown

Set number: 77

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Hattneria levis, Late Campanian, Unknown

Set number: 75

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Hattneria levis, Late Campanian, Unknown

Set number: 74

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Hattneria levis, Late Campanian, Unknown

Set number: 76

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Hattneria levis, Late Campanian, Unknown

Set number: 78

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Hattneria levis, Late Campanian, DSDP Leg 36, Site 327A, The Maurice Ewing Bank, Falkland Plateau

Final Epithet

Hattneria levis (Prins & Sissingh in Sissingh, 1977) Varol, n. comb.

Basionym

Reinhardtites levis Prins & Sissingh in Sissingh, 1977

Synonyms

Reinhardtites anthophorus (Deflandre, 1959) Perch-Nielsen, 1968 (pars), text-figs. 13-14; pl. 5, figs. 2-4, 7-8; non-pl. 5, figs. 1, 5, 6.

Zygodiscus sp. in Risatti, 1973, pl. 10, figs. 18, 19.

Remarks

Species of Hattneria having a closed central area by the distal plate lining. An extremely narrow slit-like opening may be present on both sides of the bar. The fluted structures are distinct under the light microscope.

References

Deflandre, G., (1959): Sur les nannofossiles calcaires et leur systématique. - Revue de Micropaléontologie. 2: 127-152.

Perch-Nielsen, K., (1968): Der Feinbau und die Klassifikation der Coccolithen aus dem Maastrichtien von Danemark. - Biologiske Skrifter, Kongelige Danske Videnskabernes Selskab. 16: 1-96.

Risatti, J. B., (1973): Nannoplankton biostratigraphy of the Upper Bluffport Marl-Lower Prairie Bluff Chalk interval (upper Cretaceous) in Mississippi. - In, Smith, L. A. & Hardenbol, J. (eds) Proceedings of the Symposium on Calcareous Nannofossils. Gulf Coast Section SEPM Publication, 8-57.

Sissingh, W., (1977): Biostratigraphy of Cretaceous calcareous nannoplankton. - Geologie en Mijnbouw, 65(1): 37-65.

Taxonomy

Hattneria

Biostratigraphy

Stratigraphic Range

Late Campanian - Early Maastrichtian

Age (Ma)

76.10 - 70.14

Holotype

Reinhardtites levis Prins & Sissingh in Sissingh, 1977

Early Maastrichtian

Dyr el Kef, West Tunisia