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Oolithotus antillarum

Edited by Jeremy Young on Wed, 09/03/2011 - 15:57

Oolithotus antillarum (Cohen 1964) Reinhardt, in Cohen & Reinhardt 1968 [Discolithus]

Description: Small form, coccoliths 3-6μm; strongly asymmetric; proximal shield much smaller than distal, with sutures complexly kinked becoming pseudo-bicyclic; usually with deep, narrow depression on distal surface.

Remarks:

Synonym: O. fragilis var. cavum (Okada & McIntyre 1977) Jordan & Young 1990 [O. fragilis ssp. cavum] - see Kleijne (1993) for discussion, although our observations indicate wider size range for the species.

Original description:

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