Salomonia elkefensis

(Perch-Nielsen, 1981) Varol, n. comb. Aug 04, 2020

Set number: 90

  • Salomonia elkefensis 13804 1
  • Salomonia elkefensis 13807 2
  • Salomonia elkefensis 13808 3
  • Salomonia elkefensis 13815 4
  • Salomonia elkefensis 13805 5
  • Salomonia elkefensis 13806 6
  • Salomonia elkefensis 13809 7
  • Salomonia elkefensis 13813 8
  • Salomonia elkefensis 13811 9
  • Salomonia elkefensis 13810 10
  • Salomonia elkefensis 13812 11
  • Salomonia elkefensis 13814 12
    10µm
Salomonia elkefensis, Late Maastrichtian, Unknown

Set number: 91

  • Salomonia elkefensis 6161 1
  • Salomonia elkefensis 6163 2
  • Salomonia elkefensis 6165 3
  • Salomonia elkefensis 6169 4
  • Salomonia elkefensis 6162 5
  • Salomonia elkefensis 6164 6
  • Salomonia elkefensis 6166 7
  • Salomonia elkefensis 6168 8
    10µm
Salomonia elkefensis, Late Maastrichtian, Mauritania, West Africa

Set number: 92

  • Salomonia elkefensis 3100 1
  • Salomonia elkefensis 3099 2
  • Salomonia elkefensis 3097 3
  • Salomonia elkefensis 3098 4
    10µm
Salomonia elkefensis, Late Maastrichtian, Unknown
Final Epithet
Salomonia elkefensis (Perch-Nielsen, 1981) Varol, n. comb.
Basionym

Podorhabdus? elkefensis Perch-Nielsen, 1981

Synonyms

Reinhardtites elkefensis (Perch-Nielsen, 1981) Varol 1991

Remarks

Species of Salomonia having an elongated central opening spanned by a raised granular bridge which is non-birefringent under the light microscope.

References

Perch-Nielsen, K., (1981). New Maastrichtian and Paleocene calcareous nannofossils from Africa, Denmark, the USA and the Atlantic, and some Paleocene lineages. EclogaeGeologicaeHelvetiae, 74: 7-23.

Varol, O., (1991). New Cretaceous and Tertiary Calcareous Nannofossils. - Neues Jahrbuch für Geologie und Paläontologie, Abhandlungen. 182: 211-237

Taxonomy
Salomonia
Biostratigraphy
  • Phanerozoic
    • Mesozoic
      • Cretaceous
        • Late Cretaceous
          • -
            • Maastrichtian
              • Late Maastrichtian
              • Early Maastrichtian
Stratigraphic Range
Early Maastrichtian - Late Maastrichtian
Age (Ma)
72.17? - 66.04?
Holotype
Salomonia elkefensis 13804

Podorhabdus? elkefensis

Late Maastrichtian

El Kef, Tunisia