Tortolithus carteri

Bergen & Howe in Sikora et al., 2004 Jun 06, 2019

Set number: 6

  • Tortolithus carteri 510 1
  • Tortolithus carteri 509 2
  • Tortolithus carteri 507 3
  • Tortolithus carteri 508 4
    10µm
Tortolithus carteri, Early Turonian, Onshore Texas, USA
Final Epithet
Tortolithus carteri Bergen & Howe in Sikora et al., 2004
Basionym

Tortolithus carteri Bergen & Howe in Sikora et al., 2004

Remarks

Species of Tortolithus having a strongly birefringent wide wall and narrower elongated central area.

Occurrence
Worldwide
References

Sikora, P.J., Howe, R.W., Gale, A.S., Stein, J.A., 2004. Chronostratigraphy of proposed Turonian-Coniacian (Upper Cretaceous) stage boundary stratotypes; Salzgitter-Salder, Germany, and Wagon Mound, New Mexico, USA. Geological Society of LononSpecial Publication 230, 207-242.

Taxonomy
Tortolithus
Biostratigraphy
  • Phanerozoic
    • Mesozoic
      • Cretaceous
        • Late Cretaceous
          • -
            • Santonian
              • Early Santonian
            • Turonian
              • Early Turonian
Stratigraphic Range
Early Turonian - Early Santonian
Age (Ma)
93.90? - 85.60
Holotype
Tortolithus carteri 507 Tortolithus carteri 507

Tortolithus carteri Bergen & Howe in Sikora et al., 2004

Coniacian

Wagon Mound section, New Mexico, USA