Coccolithus crassipons

Bouché, 1962a Apr 12, 2021
Final Epithet
Coccolithus crassipons Bouché, 1962a
Basionym

Coccolithus crassipons Bouché, 1962a

Synonyms

Coccolithus peseudocarteri Hay, Mohler & Wade, 1966

Description

Medium to large size (4.0-10.0µm), elliptical species of Coccolithus Schwarz (1894) having a narrow central opening spanned by a permanent diagonal bar.

Coccolithus crassipons, together with Coccolithus pelagicus, exit from low latitude waters in Calabrian [estimated ages of 1.8 Ma in Gabon and 1.49 Ma in Santos Basin, Brazil].

References

Bouché, P. M., 1962a. Nannofossiles calcaires de Lutétien du Bassin de Paris. Revue de Micropaléontologie 5, 75-103.

Hay, W. W., Mohler, H. P., Wade, M. E., 1966. Calcareous nannofossils from Nal'chik (northwest Caucasus). Eclogae Geologicae Helvetiae 59, 379-399.

Schwarz, E. H. L., 1894. Coccoliths. Annals and Magazine of Natural History 14, 341-346.

Taxonomy
Coccolithus
Biostratigraphy
  • Phanerozoic
    • Cenozoic
      • Quaternary
        • Pleistocene
          • Early Pleistocene
            • Gelasian
      • Paleogene
        • Paleocene
          • Late Paleocene
            • Thanetian
Stratigraphic Range
Thanetian - Gelasian
Age (Ma)
59.24? - 1.80?
Holotype
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Coccolithus crassipons Bouché, 1962

Middle Eocene

Damery, Paris Basin, France