Pontosphaera ovata

(Levin & Joerger, 1967) Aubry, 1986b Nov 05, 2025

Set number: 3808

  • Pontosphaera ovata 48918 1
  • Discolithina ovata 48917 2
  • Pontosphaera ovata 48920 3
  • Discolithina ovata 48922 4
  • Pontosphaera ovata 48919 5
  • Pontosphaera ovata 48916 6
  • Discolithina ovata 48921 7
  • Pontosphaera ovata 48922 8
    10µm
Pontosphaera ovata, Early Eocene, Santos Basin, Brazil
Final Epithet
Pontosphaera ovata (Levin & Joerger, 1967) Aubry, 1986b
Basionym

Discolithina ovata Levin & Joerger, 1967

Synonyms

Discolithina segmenta Bukry & Percival, 1971

Pontosphaera segmenta (Bukry & Percival, 1971) Knuttel, 1986

References

Aubry, M-P. 1986b. Validation of new combinations. INA Newsletter 8(2): 91-92.

Bukry, D. & Percival, S. F. 1971. New Tertiary calcareous nannofossils. Tulane Studies in Geology and Paleontology 8: 123-146.

Levin, H. L. & Joerger, A. P. 1967. Calcareous nannoplankton from the Tertiary of Alabama. Micropaleontology 13(2): 163-182.

Knuttel, S. 1986. Calcareous nannofossil biostratigraphy of the Central East Pacific Rise, Deep Sea Drilling Project Leg 92: evidence for downslope transport of sediments. Initial Reports of the Deep Sea Drilling Project 92: 255-290.

Taxonomy
Pontosphaera
Biostratigraphy
  • Phanerozoic
    • Cenozoic
      • Paleogene
        • Oligocene
          • Middle Oligocene
            • Rupelian
        • Eocene
          • Early Eocene
            • Ypresian
Stratigraphic Range
Ypresian - Rupelian
Zone(s)
NP12 - NP24
Age (Ma)
56.00? - 27.29?
Holotype
P ovata

Discolithina ovata Levin & Joerger, 1967

Middle Oligocene

Alabama, USA