Helicosphaera burkei

Set number: 802

Helicosphaera burkei

Fig. 1 Adana Basin, Miocene, Length: 5.50µm

Fig. 2 Malta, Middle Miocene, Length: 6.60µm

Fig. 3 Antalya-Manavgat Road, Turkey, Miocene, Length: 9.50µm

Fig. 4 Antakya, Hatay, Turkey, Middle Miocene, Length: 6.00µm

Fig. 5 Mut Basin, Turkey, Early Miocene, Length: 10.30µm

Fig. 6 Malta, Middle Miocene, Length: 10.10µm

Fig. 7 Antakya, Hatay, Turkey, Middle Miocene, Length: 8.70µm

Fig. 8 Malta, Middle Miocene, Length: 10.40µm

Fig. 9 Malta, Middle Miocene, Length: 8.40µm

Fig. 10 Antalya-Manavgat Road, Turkey, Miocene, Length: 7.50µm

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Helicosphaera burkei, Middle Miocene, Malta

Set number: 230

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Helicosphaera burkei, Middle Miocene, Malta

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Helicosphaera burkei, Middle Pleistocene, The Solomon Islands

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Helicosphaera burkei, Late Pleistocene, DSDP Leg 23, Site 229A, Red Sea

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Helicosphaera burkei, Late Pleistocene, DSDP Leg 23, Site 229A, Red Sea

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Helicosphaera burkei, Late Pliocene, DSDP Leg 23, Site 229A, Red Sea

Set number: 1442

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Helicosphaera burkei, Late Pleistocene, DSDP Leg 23, Site 229A, Red Sea

Final Epithet

Helicosphaera burkei Black, 1971

Basionym

Helicosphaera burkei Black 1971

Description

Helicolith having a Type III (Helicosphaera carteri type) blanket, an expanded flange termination and a non-perforated central area.

Remarks

Helicosphaera differs from Helicosphaera carteri (Wallich, 1877) Kamptner, (1954) by having non-porous central area whereas the latter has two pores in the central area

References

Black, M., (1971): The systematics of coccoliths in relation to the paleontological record. In, Funnell, B. M. & Riedel, W. R. (eds). - The Micropaleontology of the Oceans. Cambridge University Press, Cambridge 611-624.

Kamptner, E., (1954): Untersuchungen über den Feinbau der Coccolithen. Anzeiger. - Österreichische Akademie der Wissenschaften. Mathematische-Naturwissenschafliche Klasse. Wien. 87: 152-158.

Wallich, G. C., (1877): Observations on the coccosphere. - Annals and Magazine of Natural History. 19: 342-350.

Taxonomy

Helicosphaera

Biostratigraphy

Stratigraphic Range

Aquitanian - Recent

Age (Ma)

22.98 - 0.00?

Holotype

Helicosphaera burkei Black, 1971

Late Miocene

Cobre Member of the Upper White Limestone, Jamaica