Acaenolithus vimineus

Black, 1973 Aug 06, 2020
53 Acaenolithus vimineus Cauvery Basin India

Acaenolithus vimineus, Early Turonian, Cauvery Basin, India

Set number: 117

  • Acaenolithus undosus 17206 1
  • Acaenolithus undosus 17201 2
  • Acaenolithus undosus 17204 3
  • Acaenolithus undosus 17209 4
  • Acaenolithus undosus 17207 5
  • Acaenolithus undosus 17202 6
  • Acaenolithus undosus 17205 7
  • Acaenolithus undosus 17208 8
    10µm
Acaenolithus vimineus, Early Albian, DSDP Leg 36, Site 327A, The Maurice Ewing Bank, Falkland Plateau

Set number: 118

  • Acaenolithus undatus 5888 1
  • Acaenolithus undatus 5890 2
  • Acaenolithus vimineus 5892 3
  • Acaenolithus undatus 5895 4
  • Acaenolithus undatus 5889 5
  • Acaenolithus undatus 5891 6
  • Acaenolithus undatus 5893 7
  • Acaenolithus undatus 5894 8
    10µm
Acaenolithus vimineus, Cenomanian, Mauritania, West Africa

Set number: 119

  • Acaenolithus undatus 5914 1
  • Acaenolithus undatus 5916 2
  • Acaenolithus undatus 5918 3
  • Acaenolithus undatus 5915 4
  • Acaenolithus undatus 5917 5
  • Acaenolithus undatus 5919 6
    10µm
Acaenolithus vimineus, Early Cenomanian, Mauritania, West Africa
Final Epithet
Acaenolithus vimineus Black, 1973
Basionym

Acaenolithus vimineus Black, 1973

Remarks

Species of Acaenolithus having a size between 5.5µm and 7.0µm are placed in Acaenolithus vimineus. This species has perpendicular meshes at right angles to the cross's arms and is visible only in well-preserved specimens under SEM.

References

Black, M. 1973. British Lower Cretaceous Coccoliths. I-Gault Clay (Part 2). Palaeontographical Society Monograph 127: 49-112.

Taxonomy
Acaenolithus
Biostratigraphy
  • Phanerozoic
    • Mesozoic
      • Cretaceous
        • Late Cretaceous
          • Middle Cretaceous
            • Turonian
              • Early Turonian
        • Early Cretaceous
          • Middle Cretaceous
            • Aptian
              • Late Aptian
Stratigraphic Range
Late Aptian - Early Turonian
Zone(s)
CC7 - CC10
Age (Ma)
118.76? - 92.90?