Minylitha cancellata

Browning & Bergen in Browning et al., 2017 Feb 26, 2021

Set number: 473

  • Minylitha cancellata 19448 1
  • Minylitha cancellata 19450 2
  • Minylitha cancellata 19453 3
  • Minylitha cancellata 19455 4
  • Minylitha cancellata 19449 5
  • Minylitha cancellata 19451 6
  • Minylitha cancellata 19452 7
  • Minylitha cancellata 19456 8
    10µm
Minylitha cancellata, Late Miocene, Gulf of Mexico
Final Epithet
Minylitha cancellata Browning & Bergen in Browning et al., 2017
Basionym

Minylitha cancellata Browning & Bergen in Browning et al. 2017

Description

Species of Minylitha (1973) having two longitudinal and three or more traverse ridges. It is not observed on its side view yet.

Remarks

Minylitha cancellata differ from Minylitha convallis Bukry (1973) by having ridges.

References

Browning, E., Bergen, J. A., Blair, S. A., Boesiger, T. M. & de Kaenel, E., (2017): Late Miocene to Late Pliocene taxonomy and stratigraphy of the genus Discoaster in the circum North Atlantic Basin: Gulf of Mexico and ODP Leg 154.- Journal of Nannoplankton Research. 37(2-3): 189-214.

Bukry, D., (1973): Coccolith stratigraphy, eastern equatorial Pacific, Leg 16, Deep Sea Drilling Project. - Initial Reports of the Deep Sea Drilling Project. 16: 653-711.

Taxonomy
Minylitha
Biostratigraphy
  • Phanerozoic
    • Cenozoic
      • Neogene
        • Miocene
          • Late Miocene
            • Tortonian
Stratigraphic Range
Tortonian
Age (Ma)
10.25 - 9.40
Holotype
Minylitha cancellata 19453 Minylitha cancellata 19453

Minylitha cancellata Browning & Bergen in Browning et al., 2017

Late Miocene

Cipero Section, Trinidad