Zygodiscus distentus Bramlette & Sullivan, 1961
A species of Neochiastozygus characterised by a very wide inner wall and a narrow central area, nearly filled by a diagonal cross, with its acute angle aligned with the short axis of the discolith.
Bramlette, M. N. & Sullivan, F. R. 1961, Coccolithophorids and related nannoplankton of the Early Tertiary in California. Micropaleontology 7(2): 129-188.
Perch-Nielsen, K., 1971d. Neue Coccolithen aus dem Paläozän von Dänemark, der Bucht von Biskaya und dem Eozän der Labrador See. Bulletin of the Geological Society of Denmark 21, 51-66.
Zygolithus distentus
Bramlette & Sullivan, 1961
Late Paleocene
Lodo section, northwestern Fresno County, central California, USA