Set number: 4712

  • Diploteichus caliginosus 07640 1
  • Diploteichus caliginosus 07642 2
  • Diploteichus caliginosus 07644 3
  • Diploteichus caliginosus 07645 4
  • Diploteichus caliginosus 07638 5
  • Diploteichus caliginosus 07641 6
  • Diploteichus caliginosus 07643 7
  • Diploteichus caliginosus 07639 8
  • Diploteichus caliginosus 07646 9
  • Diploteichus caliginosus 07647 10
    10µm
Diploteichus caliginosus, Late Aptian, Arabian Peninsula (The specific location cannot be disclosed)
Final Epithet
Diploteichus caliginosus
Basionym

Diploteichus caliginosus Varol, in prep.

Diagnosis

Diploteichus species are characterised by a dark transverse structure apparently composed of three fused bars, of which the median bar is distinctly darker and becomes indistinguishable in certain orientations.

Etymology

From Latin caliginosus, dark, obscure or indistinct, referring to the dark transverse structure and the variable visibility of its median bar under different orientations.