Prediscosphaera spinosa

(Bramlette & Martini, 1964) Gartner, 1968 Jul 04, 2026

Set number: 3251

  • Prediscosphaera columnata 42033 1
  • Prediscosphaera columnata 42036 2
  • Prediscosphaera columnata 42034 3
  • Prediscosphaera columnata 42028 4
  • Prediscosphaera columnata 42032 5
  • Prediscosphaera columnata 42030 6
  • Prediscosphaera columnata 42035 7
  • Prediscosphaera columnata 42027 8
  • Prediscosphaera columnata 42029 9
  • Prediscosphaera columnata 42037 10
  • Prediscosphaera columnata 42031 11
  • Prediscosphaera columnata 42026 12
    10µm
Prediscosphaera spinosa, Early Turonian, Cauvery Basin, India
Final Epithet
Prediscosphaera spinosa (Bramlette & Martini, 1964) Gartner, 1968
Basionym

Deflandrius spinosus Bramlette & Martini, 1964

References

Bramlette, M. N. & Martini, E. 1964. The great change in calcareous nannoplankton fossils between the Maastrichtian and Danian. Micropaleontology. 10(2): 291-322.

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.

Taxonomy
Prediscosphaera
Biostratigraphy
  • Phanerozoic
    • Mesozoic
      • Cretaceous
        • Late Cretaceous
          • Senonian
            • Maastrichtian
              • Late Maastrichtian
        • Early Cretaceous
          • Gallic
            • Albian
              • Early Albian
Stratigraphic Range
Early Albian - Late Maastrichtian
Age (Ma)
113.20? - 66.04?
Holotype
Prediscosphaera columnata 42036 Prediscosphaera columnata 42036

Deflandrius spinosus

Late Maastrichtian

Arkadelphia Clay, USGS locality 16991, Alabama, USA