Palaeorhomboaster svabenickae

(Bergen in Bralower, 1998) Schueth in Schueth et al., 2024 Jul 26, 2025

Set number: 2079

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Culver Cliff, Isle of Wight, England

Set number: 2080

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Brezno, Czechia

Set number: 2077

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Culver Cliff, Isle of Wight, England

Set number: 2078

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Culver Cliff, Isle of Wight, England

Set number: 2081

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Onshore Texas, USA (The specific location cannot be disclosed)

Set number: 2082

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Aguablanca Creek, Colombia

Set number: 2083

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Onshore Texas, USA (The specific location cannot be disclosed)

Set number: 2084

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Arabian Peninsula (The specific location cannot be disclosed)

Set number: 2085

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Mauritania, West Africa

Set number: 2086

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Mauritania, West Africa

Final Epithet

Palaeorhomboaster svabenickae (Bergen in Bralower, 1998) Schueth in Schueth et al., 2024

Basionym

Rhomboaster svabenickae Bergen in Bralower & Bergen, 1998

Remarks

Palaeorhomboaster svabenickae displays the characteristic morphological and optical properties of the genus Palaeorhomboaster.

References

Bralower, T. J. & Bergen, J. A. 1998. Cenomanian–Santonian calcareous nannofossil biostratigraphy of a transect of cores drilled across the Western Interior Seaway. In: Dean, W. E. & Arthur, M. A. (Eds.) Stratigraphy and paleoenvironments of the Cretaceous Western Interior Seaway. SEPM Concepts in Sedimentology and Paleontology. 59–77.

Schueth, J. D., Nicolas, M. & Hart, B. S. 2024. Unusual calcareous nannofossils from the Cenomanian–Turonian Western Interior Seaway of North America. Journal of Nannoplankton Research. 42(1): 85-99.

Taxonomy

Palaeorhomboaster

Palaeorhomboaster svabenickae

Biostratigraphy

Stratigraphic Range

Early Turonian - Late Maastrichtian

Age (Ma)

93.90? - 66.04?

Zone(s)

CC11 - CC27

Holotype

Rhomboaster svabenickae Bralower & Bergen, 1998

Turonian

Bounds core, Kansas, USA