Set number: 4600

  • Pontosphaera wechesensis VR 30785 1
  • Pontosphaera wechesensis VR 30786 2
  • Pontosphaera wechesensis VR 30787 3
  • Pontosphaera wechesensis VR 30788 4
  • Pontosphaera wechesensis VR 30789 5
  • Pontosphaera wechesensis VR 30790 6
  • Pontosphaera wechesensis VR 30791 7
  • Pontosphaera wechesensis VR 30792 8
  • Pontosphaera wechesensis VR 30793 9
  • Pontosphaera wechesensis VR 30794 10
  • Pontosphaera wechesensis VR 30795 11
  • Pontosphaera wechesensis VR 30796 12
  • Pontosphaera wechesensis VR 30797 13
  • Pontosphaera wechesensis VR 30798 14
  • Pontosphaera wechesensis VR 30799 15
  • Pontosphaera wechesensis VR 30800 16
  • Pontosphaera wechesensis VR 30801 17
  • Pontosphaera wechesensis VR 30802 18
  • Pontosphaera wechesensis VR 30803 19
  • Pontosphaera wechesensis VR 30804 20
  • Pontosphaera wechesensis VR 30805 21
  • Pontosphaera wechesensis VR 30806 22
    10µm
Pontosphaera wechesensis, Middle Eocene, DSDP Leg 39, Sites 356, Sào Paulo Plateau, South Atlantic Ocean
Final Epithet
Pontosphaera wechesensis (Bukry & Percival , 1971) Aubry, 1986b
Basionym

Syracosphaera? wechesensis Bukry & Percival, 1971

Variants

Discolithina amphitheatralis Levin & Sherwood, 1971

Koczyia excelsa Perch-Nielsen, 1971c

References

Aubry, M-P. 1986b. Validation of new combinations. INA Newsletter 8(2): 91-92.

Bukry, D. & Percival, S. F. 1971. New Tertiary calcareous nannofossils. Tulane Studies in Geology and Paleontology 8: 123-146.

Levin, H. L. & Sherwood, R. W. 1971. A new Eocene species of Discolithina from Texas. Journal of Paleontology. 45(4): 731-733.

Perch-Nielsen, K. 1971c. Elektronenmikroskopische untersuchungen an Coccolithen und verwandten Formen aus dem Eozan von Danemark. Biologiske Skrifter, Kongelige Danske Videnskabernes Selskab. 18(3): 1-76.