Gephyrocapsa gigas
Gephyrocapsa omega gigas Varol, 2004
Length: 6.6µm
Bridge angle to major axis: ~84°
Large species of Gephyrocapsa are characterised by a central area wider than the pelaga, with a bridge spanning it and oriented vertically or nearly vertically to the major axis of the placolith.
Varol, O. 2004. Salisia n.g. – a new Pliocene-Pleistocene coccolith genus. Neues Jahrbuch für Geologie und Paläontologie, Monatshefte. 2004(2): 119-128.
Holotype
Gephyrocapsa omega gigas
Varol, 2004
Pleistocene
The Solomon Islands