Palaeopontosphaera harrisonii

Varol, 1989c Oct 28, 2025

Palaeopontosphaera harrisonii, Kokaksu, Zonguldak, Turkey

Palaeopontosphaera harrisonii, Kokaksu, Zonguldak, Turkey

Set number: 4467

1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
13
14
15
16

10µm

Palaeopontosphaera harrisonii, Early Paleocene, DSDP Leg 25, Site 245, Mozambique Channel (Davie Ridge), Indian Ocean

In the mobile mount

Set number: 4466

1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8

10µm

Palaeopontosphaera harrisonii, Middle Paleocene, DSDP Leg 25, Site 245, Mozambique Channel (Davie Ridge), Indian Ocean

Set number: 4465

1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8

10µm

Palaeopontosphaera harrisonii, Early Paleocene, DSDP Leg 25, Site 245, Mozambique Channel (Davie Ridge), Indian Ocean

Set number: 4464

1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10

10µm

Palaeopontosphaera harrisonii, Early Paleocene, DSDP Leg 25, Site 245, Mozambique Channel (Davie Ridge), Indian Ocean

Set number: 4471

1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
13
14
15
16
17
18
19
20
21
22

10µm

Palaeopontosphaera harrisonii, Early Paleocene, Moscow Landing, bank of the Tombigbee River, Alabama, USA

Set number: 4470

1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
13
14
15
16

10µm

Palaeopontosphaera harrisonii, Late Paleocene, ODP Leg 171B, Site 1051A, Black Nose, Western North Atlantic

Final Epithet

Palaeopontosphaera harrisonii Varol, 1989c

Basionym

Biscutum harrisonii Varol, 1989c

References

Varol, O. 1989c. Palaeocene calcareous nannofossil biostratigraphy. In: Crux, J. A. & van Heck, S. E. (Eds), Nannofossils and their applications. Proceedings of the 2nd INA Conference, London 1987. British Micropalaeontological Society Publication Series 265-310.

Taxonomy

Palaeopontosphaera

Uncategorised

Biostratigraphy

Stratigraphic Range

Danian

Age (Ma)

66.04? - 61.66

Holotype

Biscutum harrisonii Varol, 1989c

Early Paleocene

Kokaksu, Zonguldak, Turkey