Set number: 973

  • Sphenolithus quasibelemnos 28137 1
  • Sphenolithus quasibelemnos 28135 2
  • Sphenolithus quasibelemnos 28140 3
  • Sphenolithus quasibelemnos 28138 4
  • Sphenolithus quasibelemnos 28136 5
  • Sphenolithus quasibelemnos 28139 6
    10µm
Sphenolithus quasibelemnos, Early Miocene, DSDP Leg 25, Site 242, Mozambique Channel (Davie Ridge), Indian Ocean

Set number: 972

  • Sphenolithus quasibelemnos 273 1
  • Sphenolithus quasibelemnos 272 2
  • Sphenolithus quasibelemnos 270 3
  • Sphenolithus quasibelemnos 271 4
    10µm
Sphenolithus quasibelemnos, Early Miocene, DSDP Leg 25, Site 242, Mozambique Channel (Davie Ridge), Indian Ocean

Set number: 971

  • Sphenolithus quasibelemnos 85 1
  • Sphenolithus quasibelemnos 86 2
  • Sphenolithus quasibelemnos 83 3
  • Sphenolithus quasibelemnos 84 4
    10µm
Sphenolithus quasibelemnos, Early Miocene, DSDP Leg 25, Site 242, Mozambique Channel (Davie Ridge), Indian Ocean
Final Epithet
Sphenolithus quasibelemnos Varol, in prep.
Basionym

Sphenolithus quasibelemnos Varol, in prep.

Etymology

From the Latin quasi, almost- referring to its artificial similarity to Sphenolithus belemnos Bramlette and Wilcoxon, 1967

References

Bramlette, M. N., Wilcoxon, J. A., 1967. Middle Tertiary calcareous nannoplankton of the Cipero section, Trinidad, W.I. Tulane Studies in Geology and Paleontology 5, 93-131.