Amaurolithus delicatus

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Amaurolithus delicatus Gartner and Bukry, 1975

Description: Simple horseshoe-shaped amauroliths. Grades into the other morphotypes, especially A. primus and A. tricorniculatus.

Remarks:

Original description:

Variant: A. ninae Perch-Nielsen, 1977 - like A. delicatus but with well developed apical region.

Geological Time Data

Geological Time Periods:

NN14

NN11b

Biblio Reference:

Young, JR. 1998. Neogene. Calcareous nannofossil biostratigraphy. :225-265.

Nannotax Enabling nannofossil research