Set number: 650

  • Camuralithus pelliculatus VR 028514 1
  • Camuralithus pelliculatus VR 028518 2
  • Camuralithus pelliculatus VR 028519 3
  • Camuralithus pelliculatus VR 028515 4
  • Camuralithus pelliculatus VR 028513 5
  • Camuralithus pelliculatus VR 028517 6
  • Camuralithus pelliculatus VR 028520 7
  • Camuralithus pelliculatus VR 028516 8
  • Camuralithus pelliculatus VR 028521 9
  • Camuralithus pelliculatus VR 028536 10
  • Camuralithus pelliculatus VR 028534 11
  • Camuralithus pelliculatus VR 028533 12
  • Camuralithus pelliculatus VR 028522 13
  • Camuralithus pelliculatus VR 028537 14
  • Camuralithus pelliculatus VR 028531 15
  • Camuralithus pelliculatus VR 028532 16
  • Camuralithus pelliculatus VR 028526 17
  • Camuralithus pelliculatus VR 028525 18
  • Camuralithus pelliculatus VR 028528 19
  • Camuralithus pelliculatus VR 028527 20
  • Camuralithus pelliculatus VR 028529 21
  • Camuralithus pelliculatus VR 028523 22
  • Camuralithus pelliculatus VR 028524 23
  • Camuralithus pelliculatus VR 028530 24
    10µm
DSDP Leg 25, Site 242, Mozambique Channel (Davie Ridge), Indian Ocean

Set number: 276

  • Camuralithus pelliculathus 14632 1
  • Camuralithus pelliculathus 14634 2
  • Camuralithus pelliculathus 14636 3
  • Camuralithus pelliculathus 14640 4
  • Camuralithus pelliculathus 14633 5
  • Camuralithus pelliculathus 14635 6
  • Camuralithus pelliculathus 14638 7
  • Camuralithus pelliculathus 14639 8
    10µm

with diagonal crossbars.

Camuralithus pelliculatus, Late Oligocene, DSDP Leg 25, Site 242, Mozambique Channel (Davie Ridge), Indian Ocean

Set number: 277

  • Camuralithus pelliculathus 27909 1
  • Camuralithus pelliculathus 27906 2
  • Camuralithus pelliculathus 27910 3
  • Camuralithus pelliculathus 27913 4
  • Camuralithus pelliculathus 27907 5
  • Camuralithus pelliculathus 27908 6
  • Camuralithus pelliculathus 27911 7
  • Camuralithus pelliculathus 27912 8
  • Camuralithus pelliculathus 27904 9
  • Camuralithus pelliculathus 27905 10
    10µm

with axial crossbars

Camuralithus pelliculatus, Early Miocene, DSDP Leg 25, Site 242, Mozambique Channel (Davie Ridge), Indian Ocean
Final Epithet
Camuralithus pelliculatus de Kaenel & Villa, 1996
Basionym

Camuralithus pelliculatus de Kaenel & Villa, 1996

Description

Elliptical, deformed placolith arched longitudinally. An indistinct diagonal crossbar spans the central area. The proximal plate is strongly, but the diagonal cross is weakly birefringent [better seen at 45°] in polarised light.

Remarks

Camuralithus pelliculatus is distinguished from similarly arched Campylosphaera Kamptner (1963) species by being elliptical and having diagonal crossbars. Campylosphaera species are oblong in shape and have axial crossbars.

References

de Kaenel, E. & Villa, G., (1996): Oligocene-Miocene calcareous nannofossil biostratigraphy and paleoecology from the Iberian Abyssal Plain. -Proceedings of the Ocean Drilling Program, Scientific Results. 149: 79-145.

Kamptner, E., (1963): Coccolithineen-Skelettreste aus Tiefseeablagerungen des Pazifischen Ozeans. - Annalen des Naturhistorischen Museums in Wien. 66: 139-204.