Biscutum ignotus

(Górka, 1957) Reinhardt & Górka, 1967 Jan 13, 2026

Set number: 2753

  • Biscutum ignotus 2704 1
  • Biscutum ignotus 2705 2
    10µm
Biscutum ignotus, Late Aptian, Gargas, SE France

Set number: 2752

  • Biscutum ignotus 2684 1
  • Biscutum ignotus 2685 2
    10µm
Biscutum ignotus, Late Aptian, Gargas, SE France

Set number: 2751

  • Biscutum ignotus 794 1
  • Biscutum ignotus 795 2
    10µm
Biscutum ignotus, Middle Campanian, Arabian Peninsula (The specific location cannot be disclosed)
Final Epithet
Biscutum ignotus (Górka, 1957) Reinhardt & Górka, 1967
Basionym

Tremalithus ignotus Górka, 1957

Holotype

The type specimen was photographed by Reinhardt and subsequently published in Reinhardt & Górka, 1967.

References

Górka, H. 1957. Les Coccolithophoridés du Maestrichtien supérieur de Pologne. Acta Palaeontologica Polonica. 2: 239-284

Reinhardt, P. & Górka, H. 1967. Revision of some Upper Cretaceous Coccoliths from Poland and Germany. Neues Jahrbuch für Geologie und Paläontologie, Abhandlungen. 129(3): 240-256.

Taxonomy
Biscutum
Biostratigraphy
  • Phanerozoic
    • Mesozoic
      • Cretaceous
        • Late Cretaceous
          • Senonian
            • Maastrichtian
              • Late Maastrichtian
        • Early Cretaceous
          • Middle Cretaceous
            • Aptian
              • Early Aptian
Stratigraphic Range
Early Aptian - Late Maastrichtian
Age (Ma)
121.24? - 66.04?
Holotype
Biscutum testudinarium 4741 Biscutum testudinarium 4741

Tremalithus ignotus Górka, 1957

Late Maastrichtian

Kazimiers Vistula Valley, Poland.