Final Epithet
Gephyrocapsa oceanica Kamptner, 1943
Basionym

Gephyrocapsa oceanica Kamptner, 1943

Synonyms

Gephyrocapsa pelta Samtleben, 1980; Holotype: Length: 2.2µm, Bridge angle to major axis: ~63°.

Gephyrocapsa rota Samtleben, 1980; Holotype: Length: 3.5µm, Bridge angle to major axis: ~68°.

Dimensions Of Holotype

Length: 3.1µm

Bridge angle to major axis: ~69°

Remarks

Small 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

Kamptner, E., 1943. Zur Revision der Coccolithineen-Spezies Pontosphaera huxleyi Lohm. Anzeiger der (Kaiserlichen) Akademie der Wissenschaften, Mathematische-Naturwissenschaftliche Klasse, Wien 80, 73-49.

Samtleben, C., 1980. Die Evolution der Coccolithophoriden-Gattung Gephyrocapsa nach Befunden im Atlantik. Paläontologische Zeitschrift 54, 91-127.