Gephyrocapsa grandis

Varol, 2004 emend. Apr 10, 2022

Set number: 1524

  • Gephyrocapsa grandis VR 03944 1
  • Gephyrocapsa grandis VR 03939 2
  • Gephyrocapsa grandis VR 03942 3
  • Gephyrocapsa grandis VR 03951 4
  • Gephyrocapsa grandis VR 03943 5
  • Gephyrocapsa grandis VR 03940 6
  • Gephyrocapsa grandis VR 03941 7
  • Gephyrocapsa grandis VR 03952 8
  • Gephyrocapsa grandis VR 03945 9
  • Gephyrocapsa grandis VR 03947 10
  • Gephyrocapsa grandis VR 03948 11
  • Gephyrocapsa grandis VR 03949 12
    10µm
Gephyrocapsa grandis, Late Pleistocene, DSDP Leg 23, Site 229A, Red Sea

Set number: 1526

  • Gephyrocapsa grandis VR 03845 1
  • Gephyrocapsa grandis VR 03843 2
  • Gephyrocapsa grandis VR 03840 3
  • Gephyrocapsa grandis VR 03833 4
  • Gephyrocapsa grandis VR 03846 5
  • Gephyrocapsa grandis VR 03842 6
  • Gephyrocapsa grandis VR 03841 7
  • Gephyrocapsa grandis VR 03834 8
  • Gephyrocapsa grandis VR 03836 9
  • Gephyrocapsa grandis VR 03837 10
  • Gephyrocapsa grandis VR 03839 11
  • Gephyrocapsa grandis VR 03835 12
    10µm
Gephyrocapsa grandis, Late Pleistocene, DSDP Leg 23, Site 229A, Red Sea
Final Epithet
Gephyrocapsa grandis Varol, 2004 emend.
Basionym

Gephyrocapsa oceanica grandis Varol, 2004

Dimensions Of Holotype

Length: 7.0µm

Bridge angle to major axis: ~75°

Remarks

Large species of Gephyrocapsa are characterised by a central area wider than the pelaga and a bridge spanning it, oriented at a high angle to the major axis of the placolith.

References

Varol, O. 2004. Salisia n.g. – a new Pliocene-Pleistocene coccolith genus. Neues Jahrbuch für Geologie und Paläontologie, Monatshefte. 2004(2): 119-128.

Taxonomy
Gephyrocapsa
Biostratigraphy
  • Phanerozoic
    • Cenozoic
      • Quaternary
        • Pleistocene
          • Late Pleistocene
            • Tarantian
          • Early Pleistocene
            • Calabrian
Stratigraphic Range
Calabrian - Tarantian
Age (Ma)
1.49 - 1.20?
Holotype
Gephyrocapsa grandis VR 03844

Gephyrocapsa oceanica grandis Varol, 2004

Pleistocene

Tetepare Island, The Solomon Islands