Set number: 4913

  • Glaukolithus papilionaceus 05517 1
  • Glaukolithus papilionaceus 05520 2
  • Glaukolithus papilionaceus 05515 3
  • Glaukolithus papilionaceus 05521 4
  • Glaukolithus papilionaceus 05519 5
  • Glaukolithus papilionaceus 05518 6
  • Glaukolithus papilionaceus 05516 7
  • Glaukolithus papilionaceus 05522 8
    10µm
Glaukolithus papilionaceus, Late Santonian, Arabian Peninsula (The specific location cannot be disclosed)

Set number: 4914

  • Glaukolithus papilionaceus 05576 1
  • Glaukolithus papilionaceus 05578 2
  • Glaukolithus papilionaceus 05580 3
  • Glaukolithus papilionaceus 05582 4
  • Glaukolithus papilionaceus 05577 5
  • Glaukolithus papilionaceus 05579 6
  • Glaukolithus papilionaceus 05581 7
  • Glaukolithus papilionaceus 05583 8
    10µm
Glaukolithus papilionaceus, Late Santonian, Arabian Peninsula (The specific location cannot be disclosed)
Final Epithet
Glaukolithus papilionaceus Varol, in prep.
Basionym

Glaukolithus papilionaceus Varol, in prep.

Diagnosis

Glaukolithus species are characterised by a transverse bar constricted at its centre and progressively widening towards its junctions with the surrounding wall, producing a distinctive bow-tie-shaped structure.

Etymology

From Latin papilionaceus, butterfly-like, referring to the bow-tie-shaped transverse bar, which is narrowest at its centre and widens towards both ends.