Discoaster mohleri

Bukry & Percival, 1971 Sept 12, 2026

Set number: 4533

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Discoaster mohleri, Late Paleocene, DSDP Leg 25, Site 245, Mozambique Channel (Davie Ridge), Indian Ocean

Set number: 4532

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Discoaster mohleri, Late Paleocene, DSDP Leg 25, Site 245, Mozambique Channel (Davie Ridge), Indian Ocean

Set number: 4531

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Discoaster mohleri, Late Paleocene, DSDP Leg 25, Site 245, Mozambique Channel (Davie Ridge), Indian Ocean

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Set number: 4530

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Discoaster mohleri, Late Paleocene, DSDP Leg 25, Site 245, Mozambique Channel (Davie Ridge), Indian Ocean

Set number: 4529

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Discoaster mohleri, Late Paleocene, DSDP Leg 25, Site 245, Mozambique Channel (Davie Ridge), Indian Ocean

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Set number: 4528

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Discoaster mohleri, Late Paleocene, DSDP Leg 25, Site 245, Mozambique Channel (Davie Ridge), Indian Ocean

Final Epithet

Discoaster mohleri Bukry & Percival, 1971

Basionym

Discoaster mohleri Bukry & Percival, 1971

References

Bukry, D. & Percival, S. F. 1971. New Tertiary calcareous nannofossils. Tulane Studies in Geology and Paleontology 8: 123-146.

Taxonomy

Discoaster

Neostellates produce interference colours

Neostellates, 3 to 6 long arm, with simple tips

Neostellates, 4 to 6 long arms with bifurcation

Neostellates, 4 to 8 arms with bifurcation

Neostellates, 6 short arms with simple tips

Discoaster stellulus

Neostellates, bulged central area with proximal ridges

Discoaster leios

Neostellates, bulged central area with sutural & proximal ridges

Neostellates, featureless central area with distal ridges

Neostellates, proximal ridges give rise to a third furcation

Neostellates, with distal & proximal knobs

Rosettes, >10 arms

Rosettes, proximal & distal processes, >10 arms

Stellates, 4 to 5 arms with bifurcation

Stellates, 5 to 9 arms with bifurcation & nodes

Discoaster wilcoxonii

Stellates, often curved arms with simple tips

Uncategorised

Biostratigraphy

Stratigraphic Range

Thanetian - Ypresian

Age (Ma)

58.97 - 54.64