Set number: 1988

  • Eprolithus moratus 41217 1
  • Eprolithus moratus 41214 2
  • Eprolithus moratus 41215 3
  • Eprolithus moratus 41212 4
  • Eprolithus moratus 41218 5
  • Eprolithus moratus 41213 6
  • Eprolithus moratus 41219 7
  • Eprolithus moratus 41200 8
  • Eprolithus moratus 41207 9
  • Eprolithus moratus 41203 10
  • Eprolithus moratus 41202 11
  • Eprolithus moratus 41209 12
  • Eprolithus moratus 41194 13
  • Eprolithus moratus 41193 14
  • Eprolithus moratus 41190 15
  • Eprolithus moratus 41198 16
  • Eprolithus moratus 41195 17
  • Eprolithus moratus 41192 18
  • Eprolithus moratus 41191 19
  • Eprolithus moratus 41199 20
    10µm
CB06 C-T, Cauvery Basin, India

In the mobile mount

Set number: 1987

  • Eprolithus moratus 41235 1
  • Eprolithus moratus 41236 2
  • Eprolithus moratus 41220 3
  • Eprolithus moratus 41221 4
  • Eprolithus moratus 41239 5
  • Eprolithus moratus 41240 6
  • Eprolithus moratus 41230 7
  • Eprolithus moratus 41212 8
  • Eprolithus moratus 41238 9
  • Eprolithus moratus 41241 10
  • Eprolithus moratus 41231 11
  • Eprolithus moratus 41224 12
    10µm
CB06 C-T, Cauvery Basin, India

In the mobile mount

Set number: 1986

  • Eprolithus moratus 42294 1
  • Eprolithus moratus 42295 2
  • Eprolithus moratus 42297 3
  • Eprolithus moratus 42296 4
  • Eprolithus moratus 42302 5
  • Eprolithus moratus 42304 6
  • Eprolithus moratus 42306 7
  • Eprolithus moratus 42298 8
  • Eprolithus moratus 42303 9
  • Eprolithus moratus 42309 10
  • Eprolithus moratus 42307 11
  • Eprolithus moratus 42301 12
    10µm
CB06 C-T, Cauvery Basin, India

In the mobile mount

Set number: 1989

  • Eprolithus moratus 40267 1
  • Eprolithus moratus 40248 2
  • Eprolithus moratus 40251 3
  • Eprolithus moratus 40253 4
  • Eprolithus moratus 40268 5
  • Eprolithus moratus 40249 6
  • Eprolithus moratus 40250 7
  • Eprolithus moratus 40255 8
  • Eprolithus moratus 40258 9
  • Eprolithus moratus 40262 10
  • Eprolithus moratus 40265 11
  • Eprolithus moratus 40261 12
  • Eprolithus moratus 40259 13
  • Eprolithus moratus 40263 14
  • Eprolithus moratus 40264 15
  • Eprolithus moratus 40260 16
  • Eprolithus moratus 40256 17
  • Eprolithus moratus 40257 18
    10µm
CB06 C-T, Cauvery Basin, India

Set number: 1990

  • Eprolithus moratus 36104 1
  • Eprolithus moratus 36103 2
  • Eprolithus moratus 36112 3
  • Eprolithus moratus 36109 4
  • Eprolithus moratus 36105 5
  • Eprolithus moratus 36106 6
  • Eprolithus moratus 36113 7
  • Eprolithus moratus 36108 8
    10µm
CB06 C-T, Cauvery Basin, India

Set number: 1991

  • Eprolithus moratus 35807 1
  • Eprolithus moratus 35808 2
  • Eprolithus moratus 35805 3
  • Eprolithus moratus 35806 4
    10µm
CB06 C-T, Cauvery Basin, India
Final Epithet
Eprolithus moratus (Stover, 1966) Burnett, 1998
Basionym

Lithastrinus moratus Burnett, 1998

Remarks

As discussed in Eprolithus eptapetalus, the distinct features observed in both plan and side views differentiate Eprolithus eptapetalus and Eprolithus moratus, which possess seven segments in each storey of the wall.

References

Burnett, J. A. 1998. Upper Cretaceous. In: Bown, P. R. (Ed.) Calcareous Nannofossil Biostratigraphy. British Micropalaeontological Society Publication Series. 132-199.

Stover, L. E. 1966. Cretaceous coccoliths and associated nannofossils from France and the Netherlands. Micropaleontology 12(2): 133-167.