Micrantholithus

Genus Micrantholithus Deflandre in Deflandre and Fert, 1954

Description: Similar to Braarudosphaera but sutures emerge through corners of pentalith and edge often indented.

Remarks: Most of the common Eocene species have been recorded in the Miocene but only sporadically and not in open-ocean deposits.

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Biblio Reference: 
Young, JR.  1998.  Neogene. Calcareous nannofossil biostratigraphy. :225-265.
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Questions occur over the end of this range

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