Wisea sanjuanensis

Lees, Schueth & Howe in Schueth & Lees, 2019 Aug 05, 2020

Set number: 1

  • Wisea sanjuanensis 572 1
  • Wisea sanjuanensis 576 2
  • Wisea sanjuanensis 575 3
  • Wisea sanjuanensis 578 4
  • Wisea sanjuanensis 573 5
  • Wisea sanjuanensis 577 6
  • Wisea sanjuanensis 574 7
    10µm
Wisea sanjuanensis, Early Turonian, Onshore Texas, USA

Set number: 2

  • Wisea sanjuanensis 526 1
  • Wisea sanjuanensis 527 2
    10µm
Wisea sanjuanensis, Early Turonian, Onshore Texas, USA
Final Epithet
Wisea sanjuanensis Lees, Schueth & Howe in Schueth & Lees, 2019
Basionym

Wisea sanjuanensis Lees, Schueth & Howe in Schueth & Lees, 2019

Remarks

Species of Wisea having a small central area with a central cross which is supporting a distal process.

References

Lees, J. A., Schueth, J., 2020. Taxonomic note – New Upper Cretaceous nannofossil taxa from the Turonian of New Mexico, USA. Journal of Nannoplankton Research 30(1), 81-82.

Schueth, J. D., Lees, J. A., 2019. Pioneer nannofossil assemblages from the initial transgression of the Niobrara seaway in the Turonian, San Juan Basin, New Mexico, USA. Marine Micropaleontology 151, 1-12.

Taxonomy
Tortolithus
Biostratigraphy
  • Phanerozoic
    • Mesozoic
      • Cretaceous
        • Late Cretaceous
          • -
            • Coniacian
              • Late Coniacian
            • Turonian
              • Early Turonian
Stratigraphic Range
Early Turonian - Late Coniacian
Age (Ma)
93.90? - 85.70?
Holotype
Wisea sanjuanensis 527

Wisea sanjuanensis Lees, Schueth & Howe in Schueth & Lees, 2019

Turonian

Rio Arriba County, San Juan Basin, New Mexico, USA