Chiasmolithus bidens

(Bramlette & Sullivan, 1961) Hay & Mohler, 1967 Jan 20, 2022

Set number: 1506

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Chiasmolithus bidens, Late Paleocene, DSDP Leg 36, Site 327A, The Maurice Ewing Bank, Falkland Plateau

Set number: 1507

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Chiasmolithus bidens, Late Paleocene, DSDP Leg 25, Site 245A, Mozambique Channel (Davie Ridge), Indian Ocean

Final Epithet

Chiasmolithus bidens (Bramlette & Sullivan, 1961) Hay & Mohler, 1967

Basionym

Coccolithus bidens Bramlette & Sullivan, 1961

References

Bramlette, M. N., Sullivan, F. R., 1961, Coccolithophorids and related nannoplankton of the Early Tertiary in California. Micropaleontology 7(2), 129-188.

Hay, W. W., Mohler, H. P., 1967, Calcareous nannoplankton from Early Tertiary rocks at Point Labau, France and Paleocene-Early Eocene correlations. Journal of Paleontology 41(6), 1505-1541.

Taxonomy

Chiasmolithus

Biostratigraphy

Stratigraphic Range

Selandian - Ypresian

Age (Ma)

60.29 - 53.58?

Holotype

Coccolithus bidens Bramlette & Sullivan, 1961

Late Paleocene

Lodo section, northwestern Fresno County, central California, USA