Sphenolithus pacificus

Set number: 709

Sphenolithus pacificus

Set number: 890

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Sphenolithus pacificus, Middle Miocene, DSDP Leg 25, Site 242, Mozambique Channel (Davie Ridge), Indian Ocean

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Set number: 871

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Sphenolithus pacificus, Late Miocene, ODP Leg 154, Site 925C, Ceara Rise, Equatorial Atlantic Ocean

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Set number: 872

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Sphenolithus pacificus, Early Miocene, DSDP Leg 25, Site 242, Mozambique Channel (Davie Ridge), Indian Ocean

Set number: 873

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Sphenolithus pacificus, Early Miocene, DSDP Leg 25, Site 242, Mozambique Channel (Davie Ridge), Indian Ocean

Set number: 874

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Sphenolithus pacificus, Early Miocene, DSDP Leg 25, Site 242, Mozambique Channel (Davie Ridge), Indian Ocean

Set number: 875

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Sphenolithus cf_pacificus, Early Miocene, Gulf of Mexico

Set number: 876

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Sphenolithus pacificus, Middle Miocene, Malta

Set number: 877

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Sphenolithus cf_pacificus, Middle Miocene, DSDP Leg 25, Site 242, Mozambique Channel (Davie Ridge), Indian Ocean

Final Epithet

Sphenolithus pacificus Martini, 1965

Basionym

Sphenolithus pacificus Martini, 1965

Synonyms

Sphenolithus bergenii Howe, 2021

Sphenaster metula Wilcoxon, 1970

References

Bramlette, M. N. & Wilcoxon, J. A. 1967. Middle Tertiary calcareous nannoplankton of the Cipero section, Trinidad, W.I. Tulane Studies in Geology and Paleontology 5: 93-131.

Brönnimann, P., Stradner, H., 1960. Die Foraminiferen- und Discoasteriden-zonen von Kuba und ihre interkontinentale Korrelation. Erdoel-Zeitschrift 76(10), 364-369.

Martini, E. 1965. Mid-Tertiary calcareous nannoplankton from Pacific deep-sea cores. Colston Papers 17: 393-411.

Wilcoxon, J. A., 1970. Sphenaster new genus, a Pliocene calcareous nannofossil from the tropical Indo-Pacific. Tulane Studies in Geology and Paleontology 8, 78-81.

Taxonomy

Sphenolithus

Biostratigraphy

Stratigraphic Range

Selandian - Zanclean

Age (Ma)

61.66? - 3.60?

Holotype

Sphenolithus pacificus Martini, 1965

Miocene

Pacific deep-sea core DWBG 10