Fig. 1 Middle Miocene, Antakya, Hatay, Turkey, 14.20µm
Fig. 2 Middle Miocene, Malta, 16.90µm
Thoracosphaera granifera Fütterer, 1977
Orthopithonella granifera (Fütterer, 1977) Keupp & Kohring, 1993
Fütterer, D. K., 1977. Distribution of calcareous dinoflagellates in Cenozoic sediments of Site 366, eastern North Atlantic. Initial Reports of the Deep Sea Drilling Project. 41, 709-737.
Karwath, B., 2000. Ecological studies on living and fossil calcareous dinoflagellates of the equatorial and tropical Atlantic Ocean. Berichte aus dem Fachbereich Geowissenschaften, Universitat Bremen. 152, 1-175.
Keupp, H., Kohring, R., 1993. Kalkige Dinoflagellaten-Zysten aus dem Ober-Miozän von El Medhi (Algerien). Berliner Geowissenschaftliche Abhandlungen. E9, 25-43.
Thoracosphaera granifera
Fütterer, 1977
Pliocene
DSDP Leg 41, Site 366a, Sierra Leone Rise, Atlantic Ocean