Set number: 901

  • Sphenolithus neospiniger 1940 1
  • Sphenolithus neospiniger 1939 2
  • Sphenolithus neospiniger 1937 3
  • Sphenolithus neospiniger 1938 4
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Sphenolithus neospiniger, Early Miocene, DSDP Leg 25, Site 242, Mozambique Channel (Davie Ridge), Indian Ocean
Final Epithet
Sphenolithus neospiniger Varol, in prep.
Basionym

Sphenolithus neospiniger Varol, in prep.

Etymology

From Greek, neo, new, young- referring to its younger occurrence; neospiniger suggest its similarity to the older occurrence of Sphenolithus spiniger