Helicosphaeroides magnifica

(Varol, 1989a) Varol, 2025a Sep 09, 2020

Set number: 287

  • Helicosphaera magnifica 31 1
  • Helicosphaera magnifica 32 2
    10µm
Helicosphaeroides magnifica, Early Miocene, Angola, West Africa
Final Epithet
Helicosphaeroides magnifica (Varol, 1989a) Varol, 2025a
Basionym

Helicosphaera magnifica Varol, 1989a

Synonyms

Helicosphaera sp. A Denne, 2008

References

Varol, O. 1989a. Calcareous nannofossil study of the central and western Solomon Islands. In: Vedder, J.G. & Bruns, T.R., (Eds.), Geology and offshore resources of Pacific island arc-Solomon Islands and Bougainville, Papua New Guinea Regions: Houston, Texas, Circum-Pacific Council for Energy and Mineral Resources Earth Sciences Series. 12: 239-268.

Denne, R. A., 2008. Utilizing abundance changes of new and non-standard calcareous nannofossil taxa to increase biostratigraphic resolution in expanded continental margin deposits: Examples from the Middle and Lower Miocene of the Gulf of Mexico. Transactions of the Gulf-Coast Association of Geological Societies 58, 227-239.

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

Taxonomy
Helicosphaeroides
Biostratigraphy
  • Phanerozoic
    • Cenozoic
      • Neogene
        • Miocene
          • Middle Miocene
            • Langhian
          • Early Miocene
            • Aquitanian
Stratigraphic Range
Aquitanian - Langhian
Age (Ma)
20.43 - 17.20
Holotype
Helicosphaera magnifica 31 Helicosphaera magnifica 31

Helicosphaera magnifica Varol, 1989

Early Miocene

Solomon Islands