Sphenolithus didymikoryfi

Varol, 2025a Apr 06, 2021

Set number: 718

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Sphenolithus didymikoryfi, Late Paleocene, DSDP Leg 39, Sites 354, Ceará Rise, North Atlantic Ocean

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Set number: 711

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Sphenolithus didymikoryfi, Late Paleocene, IODP Leg 171, Site 1051A, Black Nose, Western North Atlantic

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Set number: 710

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Sphenolithus didymikoryfi, Late Paleocene

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Set number: 713

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Sphenolithus didymikoryfi, Late Paleocene, IODP Leg 171, Site 1051A, Black Nose, Western North Atlantic

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Set number: 714

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Sphenolithus didymikoryfi, Late Paleocene, IODP Leg 171, Site 1051A, Black Nose, Western North Atlantic

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Sphenolithus didymikoryfi, Late Paleocene, IODP Leg 171, Site 1051A, Black Nose, Western North Atlantic

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Final Epithet

Sphenolithus didymikoryfi Varol, 2025a

Basionym

Sphenolithus didymikoryfi Varol, 2025a

Etymology

From Greek didymikoryfi, twin- referring to its twin apical spine

References

Varol, O. 2025a. A practical guide to optical studies of calcareous nannofossils. Grzybowski Foundation Special Publication. 29: 1-222

Taxonomy

Sphenolithus

Biostratigraphy

Stratigraphic Range

Thanetian

Age (Ma)

59.24? - 56.00?

Holotype

Sphenolithus didymikoryfi Varol, in prep.

Late Paleocene

DSDP Leg 39, Sites 354, Ceará Rise, North Atlantic Ocean