Prediscosphaera cantabrigensis

(Black, 1967) Norris, 1983 Jul 06, 2026

Set number: 3276

  • Prediscosphaera cantabrigensis 35895 1
  • Prediscosphaera cantabrigensis 35898 2
  • Prediscosphaera cantabrigensis 35900 3
  • Prediscosphaera cantabrigensis 35899 4
  • Prediscosphaera cantabrigensis 35896 5
  • Prediscosphaera cantabrigensis 35897 6
  • Prediscosphaera cantabrigensis 35901 7
    10µm
Prediscosphaera cantabrigensis, Early Turonian, Cauvery Basin, India

Set number: 3275

  • Prediscosphaera spinosa 35731 1
  • Prediscosphaera spinosa 35728 2
  • Prediscosphaera spinosa 35729 3
  • Prediscosphaera spinosa 35735 4
  • Prediscosphaera spinosa 35732 5
  • Prediscosphaera spinosa 35727 6
  • Prediscosphaera spinosa 35730 7
  • Prediscosphaera spinosa 35736 8
  • Prediscosphaera spinosa 35734 9
  • Prediscosphaera spinosa 35733 10
  • Prediscosphaera spinosa 35738 11
  • Prediscosphaera spinosa 35737 12
    10µm
Prediscosphaera cantabrigensis, Early Turonian, Cauvery Basin, India
Final Epithet
Prediscosphaera cantabrigensis (Black, 1967) Norris, 1983
Basionym

Deflandrius cantabrigensis Black 1967

Synonyms

Deflandrius avitus Black, 1973

Prediscosphaera avitus (Black, 1973) Perch-Nielsen, 1984

Dimensions Of Holotype

Black (1967) reported the diameter of the basal placolith in the holotype as 4.6 μm.

Remarks

The diameter of the basal placolith is less than 5.0 μm.

References

Black, M. 1967. New names for some coccolith taxa. - Proceedings of the Geological Society of London 1640: 139-145.

Black, M. 1973. British Lower Cretaceous Coccoliths. I-Gault Clay (Part 2). Palaeontographical Society Monograph 127: 49-112.

Perch-Nielsen, K. 1984. Validation of new combinations. INA Newsletter. 6(1): 42-46.

Norris, R. E. 1983. The family position of Papposphaera Tangen and Pappomonas Manton & Oates (Prymnesiophyceae) with records from the Indian Ocean. Phycologia. 22(2): 161-169.

Taxonomy
Prediscosphaera
Biostratigraphy
  • Phanerozoic
    • Mesozoic
      • Cretaceous
        • Late Cretaceous
          • Senonian
            • Coniacian
              • Late Coniacian
        • Early Cretaceous
          • Gallic
            • Albian
              • Early Albian
Stratigraphic Range
Early Albian - Late Coniacian
Age (Ma)
113.20? - 85.70?
Holotype
Prediscosphaera spinosa 35731

Deflandrius cantabrigensis Black, 1967

Early Cenomanian

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