Clausicoccus ongii

Varol, 1989b Jun 27, 2021

Set number: 360

  • Clausicoccus singularis 27796 1
  • Clausicoccus singularis 27797 2
  • Clausicoccus singularis 27795 3
  • Clausicoccus singularis 27803 4
  • Clausicoccus singularis 27800 5
  • Clausicoccus singularis 27798 6
  • Clausicoccus singularis 27794 7
  • Clausicoccus singularis 27801 8
  • Clausicoccus singularis 27799 9
  • Clausicoccus singularis 27804 10
  • Clausicoccus singularis 27802 11
    10µm
Clausicoccus ongii, Early Miocene, DSDP Leg 25, Site 242, Mozambique Channel (Davie Ridge), Indian Ocean
Final Epithet
Clausicoccus ongii Varol, 1989b
Basionym

Clausicoccus ongii Varol, 1989b

Variants

Clausicoccus norrisii Bown & Newsam, 2017

Description

Large (>6.0 µm) species of Clausicoccus Prins (1979) having a central area with fine pores.

References

Bown, P. R. & Newsam, C. 2017. Calcareous nannofossils from the Eocene North Atlantic Ocean (IODP Expedition 342 Sites U1403–1411). Journal of Nannoplankton Research 37(1): 25-60.

Prins, B., 1979, Notes on nannology 1. Clausicoccus, a new genus of fossil Coccolithophorids. - INA Newsletter 1, N2-N4.

Varol, O. 1989b. Eocene calcareous nannofossils from Sile (northwest Turkey). Revista Española de Micropaleontología 21: 273-320.

Taxonomy
Clausicoccus
Biostratigraphy
  • Phanerozoic
    • Cenozoic
      • Paleogene
        • Eocene
          • Middle Eocene
            • Bartonian
        • Paleocene
          • Late Paleocene
            • Thanetian
Stratigraphic Range
Thanetian - Bartonian
Age (Ma)
54.13? - 37.84?
Holotype
Clausicoccus singularis 27798

Clausicoccus ongii Varol, 1989

Early Eocene

Sile, Northern Turkey