Caycedoa megastypus

(Bramlette & Sullivan, 1961) Bowman & Varol, 2021 Dec 29, 2022

Set number: 601

  • Caycedoae megastypus 71216 1
  • Caycedoae megastypus 71208 2
  • Caycedoae megastypus 71212 3
  • Caycedoae megastypus 71199 4
  • Caycedoae megastypus 71215 5
  • Caycedoae megastypus 71206 6
  • Caycedoae megastypus 71214 7
  • Caycedoae megastypus 71197 8
  • Caycedoae megastypus 71190 9
  • Caycedoae megastypus 71189 10
  • Caycedoae megastypus 71187 11
  • Caycedoae megastypus 71188 12
    10µm
Caycedoa megastypus, Late Paleocene, DSDP Leg 36, Site 327A, The Maurice Ewing Bank, Falkland Plateau

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Final Epithet
Caycedoa megastypus (Bramlette & Sullivan, 1961) Bowman & Varol, 2021
Basionym

Discoasteroides megastypus Bramlette & Sullivan, 1961

References

Bowman, A. R. & Varol, O. 2021. A Taxonomic Revision of Heliolithaceae - Applications in Resolving the Problematic Calcareous Nannofossil Biostratigraphy of the Paleocene. In: M. Montenary, M. (Ed.). Calcareous nannofossil biostratigraphy of the Stratigraphy and timescales. 6: 43-223.

Bramlette, M. N. & Sullivan, F. R. 1961, Coccolithophorids and related nannoplankton of the Early Tertiary in California. Micropaleontology 7(2): 129-188.

Taxonomy
Caycedoa
Biostratigraphy
  • Phanerozoic
    • Cenozoic
      • Paleogene
        • Paleocene
          • Late Paleocene
            • Thanetian
Stratigraphic Range
Thanetian
Age (Ma)
57.40 - 57.27
Zone(s)
NP8 - NP9
Holotype
Caycedoae megastypus 71212

Discoasteroides megastypus Bramlette & Sullivan, 1961

Late Paleocene

Lodo section, northwestern Fresno County, central California, USA