Set number: 4924

  • Glaukolithus mediotenebris 04523 1
  • Glaukolithus mediotenebris 04521 2
  • Glaukolithus mediotenebris 04525 3
  • Glaukolithus mediotenebris 04524 4
  • Glaukolithus mediotenebris 04522 5
  • Glaukolithus mediotenebris 04526 6
    10µm
Glaukolithus mediotenebris, Middle Campanian, Arabian Peninsula (The specific location cannot be disclosed)
Final Epithet
Glaukolithus mediotenebris Varol, in prep.
Basionym

Glaukolithus mediotenebris Varol, in prep.

Diagnosis

Small Glaukolithus species characterised by a transverse bar composed of three narrow, parallel segments of similar strength. Under crossed polars, the median segment remains in constant extinction, whereas the two outer segments display first-order white interference colours at 0°.

Etymology

From Latin medius, middle and tenebrae, darkness, referring to the median segment remaining dark throughout rotation under crossed polars.