Biscutum testudinarium

Black in Black & Barnes, 1959 Jan 13, 2026

Set number: 2759

  • Biscutum testudinarium 5962 1
  • Biscutum testudinarium 5963 2
  • Biscutum testudinarium 5964 3
  • Biscutum testudinarium 5965 4
    10µm
Biscutum testudinarium, Early Cenomanian, Mauritania, West Africa
Final Epithet
Biscutum testudinarium Black in Black & Barnes, 1959
Basionym

Biscutum testudinarium Black in Black & Barnes 1959

References

Black, M. & Barnes, B. 1959. The structure of Coccoliths from the English Chalk. Geological Magazine. 96(5): 321-328.

Taxonomy
Biscutum
Biostratigraphy
  • Phanerozoic
    • Mesozoic
      • Cretaceous
        • Late Cretaceous
          • Middle Cretaceous
            • Cenomanian
              • Late Cenomanian
              • Early Cenomanian
Stratigraphic Range
Early Cenomanian - Late Cenomanian
Age (Ma)
100.50? - 93.90?
Holotype
Biscutum testudinarium 5962

Biscutum testudinarium Black, in Black & Barnes, 1959

Late Cenomanian

Burwell, Cambridgeshire, England.