Sullivania edwardsii

(Romein, 1979) Varol, 1992a Jan 18, 2022

Set number: 1498

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Sullivania edwardsii, Late Paleocene, DSDP Leg 39, Sites 354, Ceará Rise, North Atlantic Ocean

Set number: 1499

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Sullivania edwardsii, Early Paleocene, Santos Basin, Brazil

Set number: 1500

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

Final Epithet

Sullivania edwardsii (Romein, 1979) Varol, 1992a

Basionym

Cruciplacolithus edwardsii Romein, 1979

Synonyms

Cribrosphaerella danica Brotzen, 1959; Invalid according to ICN Art. 40, therefore all the below combinations are also invalid

Chiasmolithus danicus (Brotzen, 1959) Hay & Mohler, 1967

Sullivania danica (Brotzen, 1959) Varol, 1992a

References

Varol, O., 1992a. Sullivania a new genus of Palaeogene coccoliths. Journal of Micropalaeontology 11, 141-150.

Romein, A. J. T., 1979. Lineages in Early Paleogene calcareous nannoplankton. Utrecht Micropaleontological Bulletin 22, 1-231.

Taxonomy

Sullivania

Biostratigraphy

Stratigraphic Range

Danian - Thanetian

Age (Ma)

64.53 - 56.00?

Holotype

Cruciplacolithus edwardsii Romein, 1979

Early Paleocene

Barranco del Gredero, Spain