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Amaurolithus tricorniculatus

Edited by Lyndsey on Thu, 10/03/2011 - 12:41

Amaurolithus tricorniculatus (Gartner, 1967) Gartner and Bukry, 1975 [Ceratolithus]

Description: Right arm extended into apical spur.

Remarks:

Original description:

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Variant: A. bizzarus (Bukry, 1973) Gartner and Bukry, 1975 [Ceratolithus] - an ornate variant of A. tricorniculatus, with additional spines. (NB In the original publication the species-name was spelt bizzarus, so it cannot be corrected to bizarrus, even though that would appear a more logical spelling).

Geological Time Data
Geological Time Periods: 
NN14
NN11b
Biblio Reference: 
Young, JR.  1998.  Neogene. Calcareous nannofossil biostratigraphy. :225-265.
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