Sphenolithus primus

Perch-Nielsen, 1971b May 06, 2021

Set number: 910

1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12

10µm

Sphenolithus primus, Late Paleocene, DSDP Leg 25, Site 245A, Mozambique Channel (Davie Ridge), Indian Ocean

Set number: 739

1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8

10µm

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

in mobile mount

Set number: 912

1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
13
14
15
16
17
18
19
20

10µm

Sphenolithus primus, Late Paleocene, DSDP Leg 25, Site 245A, Mozambique Channel (Davie Ridge), Indian Ocean

Set number: 913

1
2
3
4
5
6

10µm

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

plan view

Set number: 914

1
2
3
4
5
6

10µm

Sphenolithus primus, Late Paleocene, DSDP Leg 74, Site 525A, Walvis Ridge, Angola Basin, Southern Atlantic

Final Epithet

Sphenolithus primus Perch-Nielsen, 1971b

Basionym

Sphenolithus primus Perch-Nielsen, 1971b

References

Perch-Nielsen, K., 1971b. Einige neue Coccolithen aus dem Paläozän der Bucht von Biskaya und dem Eozän der Labrador See. Bulletin of the Geological Society of Denmark 21, 347-361.

Taxonomy

Sphenolithus

Biostratigraphy

Stratigraphic Range

Danian - Ypresian

Age (Ma)

62.03 - 48.07?

Holotype

Sphenolithus primus Perch-Nielsen, 1971

Middle Paleocene

DSDP Leg 12, Site 119, Cantabria Seamount, Bay of Biscay., North Atlantic Ocean