Discoaster kugleri

Edited by Lyndsey on Thu, 10/03/2011 - 12:19

Discoaster kugleri Martini and Bramlette, 1963

Description: Central-area wide and flat. Free rays short, with notched ends rather than true bifurcations; often thicker than the central area.

Remarks: This is a Middle Miocene species but it appears to evolve directly from D. deflandrei rather than D. exilis, intermediate specimens occur.

Original description:

Geological Time Data

Geological Time Periods:

NN7

Biblio Reference:

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

Notes on occurrence information:

NN7 (zonal marker), usually co-occurs with D. exilis and D. deflandrei and only forms small percentage of the discoaster assemblage.

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