Set number: 4615

  • Pontosphaera distincta VR 31280 1
  • Pontosphaera distincta VR 31281 2
  • Pontosphaera distincta VR 31282 3
  • Pontosphaera distincta VR 31283 4
  • Pontosphaera distincta VR 31284 5
  • Pontosphaera distincta VR 31285 6
  • Pontosphaera distincta VR 31286 7
  • Pontosphaera distincta VR 31287 8
  • Pontosphaera distincta VR 31288 9
  • Pontosphaera distincta VR 31289 10
  • Pontosphaera distincta VR 31290 11
  • Pontosphaera distincta VR 31291 12
  • Pontosphaera distincta VR 31292 13
  • Pontosphaera distincta VR 31293 14
  • Pontosphaera distincta VR 31294 15
  • Pontosphaera distincta VR 31295 16
  • Pontosphaera distincta VR 31296 17
  • Pontosphaera distincta VR 31297 18
  • Pontosphaera distincta VR 31298 19
  • Pontosphaera distincta VR 31299 20
  • Pontosphaera distincta VR 31300 21
  • Pontosphaera distincta VR 31301 22
  • Pontosphaera distincta VR 31302 23
  • Pontosphaera distincta VR 31303 24
  • Pontosphaera distincta VR 31304 25
  • Pontosphaera distincta VR 31305 26
  • Pontosphaera distincta VR 31306 27
  • Pontosphaera distincta VR 31307 28
  • Pontosphaera distincta VR 31308 29
  • Pontosphaera distincta VR 31309 30
  • Pontosphaera distincta VR 31310 31
  • Pontosphaera distincta VR 31311 32
  • Pontosphaera distincta VR 31312 33
  • Pontosphaera distincta VR 31313 34
  • Pontosphaera distincta VR 31314 35
  • Pontosphaera distincta VR 31315 36
  • Pontosphaera distincta VR 31316 37
  • Pontosphaera distincta VR 31317 38
    10µm
Pontosphaera distincta, Middle Eocene, DSDP Leg 39, Sites 356, Sào Paulo Plateau, South Atlantic Ocean
Final Epithet
Pontosphaera distincta (Bramlette & Sullivan, 1961) Roth & Thierstein, 1972
Basionym

Discolithus distinctus Bramlette & Sullivan, 1961

Synonyms

Pontosphaera megapachydisca Steurbaut, 2011

Dimensions Of Holotype

Calculated Length: 17.5μm

References

Bramlette, M. N. & Sullivan, F. R. 1961. Coccolithophorids and related nannoplankton of the Early Tertiary in California. Micropaleontology 7(2): 129-188.

Roth, P. H. & Thierstein, H. R. 1972. Calcareous nannoplankton: Leg 14 of the Deep Sea Drilling Project. Initial Reports of the Deep Sea Drilling Project. 12: 546-559.

Steurbaut, E. 2011. New calcareous nannofossil taxa from the Ypresian (Early Eocene) of the North Sea Basin and the Turan Platform in West Kazakhstan. Bulletin de l'Institut Royal des Sciences Naturelles de Belgique Sciences de la Terre. 81: 247-277.