Transversopontis exilis

(Bramlette & Sullivan, 1961) Gartner, 1971 Nov 04, 2025
Final Epithet
Transversopontis exilis (Bramlette & Sullivan, 1961) Gartner, 1971
Variants

Discolithina rectipons Haq, 1968

Transversopontis rectipons (Haq, 1968) Roth, 1970

References

Bramlette, M. N. & Sullivan, F. R. 1961, Coccolithophorids and related nannoplankton of the Early Tertiary in California. Micropaleontology 7(2): 129-188.

Gartner, S. 1971. Calcareous nannofossils from the JOIDES Blake Plateau cores and revision of the Paleogene nannofossil zonation. Tulane Studies in Geology and Paleontology 8: 101-121.

Haq, B. U. 1968. Studies on upper Eocene calcareous nannoplankton from NW Germany. Stockholm Contributions in Geology 18: 13-74.

Roth, P. H. 1970. Oligocene calcareous nannoplankton biostratigraphy. Eclogae Geologicae Helvetiae 63: 799-881.

Taxonomy
Transversopontis
Biostratigraphy
  • Phanerozoic
    • Cenozoic
      • Paleogene
        • Eocene
          • Middle Eocene
            • Lutetian
          • Early Eocene
            • Ypresian
Stratigraphic Range
Ypresian - Lutetian
Zone(s)
NP11 - NP16
Age (Ma)
56.00? - 41.03?
Holotype
D exilis

Discolithus exilis Bramlette & Sullivan, 1961

Middle Eocene

Lodo section, northwestern Fresno County, central California, USA