Gephyrocapsa sinuosa

Hay & Beaudry, 1973 Apr 10, 2022

Set number: 1426

  • Gephyrocapsa sinuosa VR 03587 1
  • Gephyrocapsa sinuosa VR 03584 2
  • Gephyrocapsa sinuosa VR 03591 3
  • Gephyrocapsa sinuosa VR 03594 4
  • Gephyrocapsa sinuosa VR 03588 5
  • Gephyrocapsa sinuosa VR 03590 6
  • Gephyrocapsa sinuosa VR 03592 7
  • Gephyrocapsa sinuosa VR 03593 8
    10µm
Gephyrocapsa sinuosa, Late Pleistocene, DSDP Leg 23, Site 229A, Red Sea
Final Epithet
Gephyrocapsa sinuosa Hay & Beaudry, 1973
Basionym

Gephyrocapsa sinuosa Hay & Beaudry, 1973

Dimensions Of Holotype

Length: 1.2µm

Bridge angle to major axis: ~59°

Remarks

Small species of Gephyrocapsa are characterised by a central area narrower than the pelaga and a sinusoidal-shaped bridge set at a high angle to the major axis of the placolith.

References

Hay, W. W., Beaudry, F. M., 1973. Calcareous nannofossils - Leg 15. Initial Reports of the Deep Sea Drilling Project. 15, 625-684.

Taxonomy
Gephyrocapsa
Biostratigraphy
  • Phanerozoic
    • Cenozoic
      • Quaternary
        • Holocene
          • -
            • Recent
              • Extant
      • Neogene
        • Pliocene
          • Early Pliocene
            • Zanclean
Stratigraphic Range
Zanclean - Recent
Age (Ma)
5.33? - 0.00
Holotype
Gephyrocapsa sinuosa VR 03585

Gephyrocapsa sinuosa Hay & Beaudry, 1973

Pleistocene

DSDP Leg 15, Site 149, Venezuellan Basin, Caribbean Sea