Cribrosphaerella ehrenbergii

(Arkhangelsky, 1912) Deflandre in Piveteau, 1952 May 05, 2026

Set number: 3183

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Cribrosphaerella ehrenbergii, Late Campanian, The specific location cannot be disclosed.

Set number: 3182

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Cribrosphaerella ehrenbergii, Late Campanian, The specific location cannot be disclosed.

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Cribrosphaerella ehrenbergii, Early Campanian, The specific location cannot be disclosed.

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Cribrosphaerella ehrenbergii, Late Maastrichtian, The specific location cannot be disclosed.

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Cribrosphaerella ehrenbergii, Middle Campanian, Arabian Peninsula (The specific location cannot be disclosed)

Coccosphere

Final Epithet

Cribrosphaerella ehrenbergii (Arkhangelsky, 1912) Deflandre in Piveteau, 1952

Basionym

Cribrosphaera ehrenbergi Arkhangelsky, 1912

Synonyms

Cribrosphaerella romanica Reinhardt, 1964

Favocentrum laughtoni Black, 1964

Favocentrum matthewsi Black, 1964

Discolithus venatus Stover, 1966

Cretadiscus polyporus Gartner, 1968

Cretadiscus colatus Gartner, 1968

Coccolithus cribosphaerella Pienaar, 1968

Cribrosphaera calshotensis Hodson & West, 1970

Cribrosphaera burgensia Hoffman, 1970e

Cribrosphaera jucunda Hoffman, 1970e

Cribrosphaera mira Hoffman, 1970e

Optical Properties

Optical characteristics are similar to those of the genus Cribrosphaerella.

Remarks

Elliptical species of Cribrosphaerella possess a porous central plate typically with two complete rings of pores, with additional pores occasionally arranged randomly in the centre.

References

Arkhangelsky, A. D. 191). Upper Cretaceous deposits of east European Russia. Materialien zur Geologie Russlands. 25: 1-631.

Black, M. 1964. Cretaceous and Tertiary coccoliths from Atlantic seamounts. Palaeontology 7: 306-316.

Gartner, S., 1968. Coccoliths and related calcareous nannofossils from Upper Cretaceous deposits of Texas and Arkansas. University of Kansas Paleontological Contributions, Articles 48 (Protista 1), 1-56.

Hodson, F. & West, I. M. 1970. Calcareous nannoplankton from an Upper Bracklesham horizon at Fawley, Hampshire. Revue de Micropaléontologie. 13: 165-187.

Hoffmann, N. 1970e. Taxonomische Untersuchungen an Coccolithen aus der Kreide Norddeutchlands anhand elektronenmikroskopischer Aufnamen. Hercynia. 7(1-3): 163-198.

Reinhardt, P. 1964. Einige Kalkflagellaten-Gattungen (Coccolithophoriden, Coccolithineen) aus dem Mesozoikum Deutschlands. - Monatsberichteder Deutschen Akademieder Wissenschaftenzu Berlin. 6: 749-759.

Stover, L. E. 1966. Cretaceous coccoliths and associated nannofossils from France and the Netherlands. Micropaleontology 12(2): 133-167.

Taxonomy

Cribrosphaerella

Biostratigraphy

Stratigraphic Range

Early Albian - Late Maastrichtian

Age (Ma)

113.20? - 66.04?

Holotype

Cribrosphaera ehrenbergi Arkhangelsky, 1912

Late Cretaceous

Eastern European Russia