Set number: 878

  • Sphenolithus moriformis 175 1
  • Sphenolithus moriformis 176 2
  • Sphenolithus moriformis 178 3
  • Sphenolithus moriformis 177 4
    10µm
Sphenolithus pseudopuniceus, Early Oligocene, DSDP Leg 25, Site 242, Mozambique Channel (Davie Ridge), Indian Ocean

Set number: 879

  • Sphenolithus moriformis 285 1
  • Sphenolithus moriformis 284 2
  • Sphenolithus moriformis 282 3
  • Sphenolithus moriformis 283 4
    10µm
Sphenolithus pseudopuniceus, Early Miocene, DSDP Leg 25, Site 242, Mozambique Channel (Davie Ridge), Indian Ocean

Set number: 880

  • Sphenolithus moriformis 317 1
  • Sphenolithus moriformis 316 2
  • Sphenolithus moriformis 314 3
  • Sphenolithus moriformis 315 4
    10µm
Sphenolithus pseudopuniceus, Early Miocene, DSDP Leg 25, Site 242, Mozambique Channel (Davie Ridge), Indian Ocean
Final Epithet
Sphenolithus pseudopuniceus Varol, in prep.
Basionym

Sphenolithus pseudopuniceus Varol, n. prep.

Etymology

From the Greek pseudo, meaning ‘false’ - referring to its artificial similarity to Sphenolithus puniceus Bergen & de Kaenel in Bergen et al., 2017

References

Bergen, J. A., de Kaenel, E., Blair, S. A., Boesiger, T. M., Browning, E., 2017. Oligocene-Pliocene taxonomy and stratigraphy of the genus Sphenolithus in the circum North Atlantic Basin: Gulf of Mexico and ODP Leg 154. Journal of Nannoplankton Research 37(2-3), 77-112.