Cruciplacolithus staurion

(Bramlette & Sullivan, 1961) Gartner, 1971 Aug 20, 2021

Set number: 1135

  • Cruciplacolithus staurion VR 02538 1
  • Cruciplacolithus staurion VR 02534 2
  • Cruciplacolithus staurion VR 02539 3
  • Cruciplacolithus staurion VR 02545 4
  • Cruciplacolithus staurion VR 02535 5
  • Cruciplacolithus staurion VR 02537 6
  • Cruciplacolithus staurion VR 02540 7
  • Cruciplacolithus staurion VR 02546 8
  • Cruciplacolithus staurion VR 02544 9
  • Cruciplacolithus staurion VR 02543 10
  • Cruciplacolithus staurion VR 02541 11
  • Cruciplacolithus staurion VR 02547 12
    10µm
Cruciplacolithus staurion, Middle Eocene, DSDP Leg 39, Sites 356, Sào Paulo Plateau, South Atlantic Ocean
Final Epithet
Cruciplacolithus staurion (Bramlette & Sullivan, 1961) Gartner, 1971
Basionym

Coccolithus staurion Bramlette & Sullivan, 1961

Synonyms

Ericsonia insolita Perch-Nielsen, 1971

Coccolithus insolitus (Perch-Nielsen, 1971) Jiang, Ladner & Wise in Jiang & Wise 2007

Pletolithus staurion (Bramlette & Sullivan, 1961) Cappelli et al. 2020

Description

Very large (>12.0µm) species of Cruciplacolithus have a narrow central area with an axial crossbar.

References

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

Cappelli, C., Bown, P. R., Riu, M. D. & Agnini, C., (2020): Middle Eocene large coccolithaceans: Biostratigraphic implications and paleoclimatic clues. - Marine Micropaleontology. 154: 1-17.

Gartner, S., (1971): Calcareous nannofossils from the JOIDES Blake Plateau cores and revision of the Paleogene nannofossil zonation. - Tulane Studies in Geology and Paleontology. 8: 101-121.

Jiang, S. & Wise, S. W., (2007): Taxonomic note: A new Coccolithus species that thrived during the Paleocene/Eocene Thermal Maximum. - Journal of Nannoplankton Research. 29(2): 88-91.

Perch-Nielsen, K., (1971): Elektronenmikroskopische untersuchungen an Coccolithen und verwandten Formen aus dem Eozan von Danemark. - Biologiske Skrifter, Kongelige Danske Videnskabernes Selskab. 18(3): 1-76.

Taxonomy
Cruciplacolithus
Biostratigraphy
  • Phanerozoic
    • Cenozoic
      • Paleogene
        • Eocene
          • Middle Eocene
            • Bartonian
            • Lutetian
Stratigraphic Range
Lutetian - Bartonian
Age (Ma)
46.07 - 37.77
Holotype
Cruciplacolithus staurion VR 02534 Cruciplacolithus staurion VR 02534 Cruciplacolithus staurion VR 02534

Coccolithus staurion Bramlette & Sullivan, 1961

Middle Eocene

Lodo section, northwestern Fresno County, central California, USA