Discoaster paelikei

Agnini et al. , 2008 Sept 14, 2026

Set number: 4533

  • Discoaster paelikei 68882 1
  • Discoaster paelikei 68879 2
  • Discoaster paelikei 68872 3
  • Discoaster paelikei 68871 4
  • Discoaster paelikei 68881 5
  • Discoaster paelikei 68880 6
  • Discoaster paelikei 68873 7
  • Discoaster paelikei 68868 8
  • Discoaster paelikei 68874 9
  • Discoaster paelikei 68875 10
  • Discoaster paelikei 68869 11
  • Discoaster paelikei 68870 12
  • Discoaster paelikei 68878 13
  • Discoaster paelikei 68877 14
  • Discoaster paelikei 68876 15
    10µm
Discoaster paelikei, Late Paleocene, ODP Leg 171B, Site 1051A, Black Nose, Western North Atlantic
Final Epithet
Discoaster paelikei Agnini et al. , 2008
Basionym

Discoaster paelikei Agnini et al., 2008

References

Agnini, C., Fornaciari, E. & Raffi, I. 2008. Three new species of calcareous nannofossil from Late Palaeocene and Early Eocene assemblages (Ocean Drilling Program Site 1262, Walvis Ridge, SE Atlantic Ocean). Journal of Nannoplankton Research 30(1): 51-56.

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
Neostellates, bulged central area with proximal ridges
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
Stellates, often curved arms with simple tips
Uncategorised
Biostratigraphy
  • Phanerozoic
    • Cenozoic
      • Paleogene
        • Paleocene
          • Late Paleocene
            • Thanetian
              • Thanetian
Stratigraphic Range
Thanetian
Age (Ma)
58.33 - 55.60