Distinguishing features: medium sized (5-8 µm)
Taxonomy:
Farinacci & Howe catalog pages: R. bukryi *
Distinguishing features: medium sized (5-8 µm)
Search data:Tags | LITHS: holococcolith, elliptical, CA: ca_disjunct, CROSS-POLARS: rim-unicyclic, R-prominent, |
Metrics | Lith size: 5->8µm; Data source notes: original description & illustrated specimens |
Geological Range:
Last occurrence (top): within Maastrichtian Stage (66.04-72.05Ma, top in Maastrichtian stage). Data source: Burnett 1998
First occurrence (base): within Maastrichtian Stage (66.04-72.05Ma, base in Maastrichtian stage). Data source: Burnett 1998
Plot of occurrence data:
Burnett, J. A. (1998). Upper Cretaceous. In, Bown, P. R. (ed.) Calcareous Nannofossil Biostratigraphy. British Micropalaeontological Society Publication Series. 132-199. gs V O Lees, J. A. (2007). New and rarely reported calcareous nannofossils from the Late Cretaceous of coastal Tanzania: outcrop samples and Tanzania Drilling Project Sites 5, 9 and 15. Journal of Nannoplankton Research. 29(1): 39-65. gs V O Perez-Rodriguez, I., Lees, J. A., Larasoaña, J. C., Arz, J. A. & Arenillas, I. (2012). Planktonic foraminiferal and calcareous nannofossil biostratigraphy and magnetostratigraphy of the uppermost Campanian and Maastrichtian at Zumaia, northern Spain. Cretaceous Research. 37: 100-126. gs Risatti, J. B. (1973). Nannoplankton biostratigraphy of the Upper Bluffport Marl-Lower Prairie Bluff Chalk interval (upper Cretaceous) in Mississippi. In, Smith, L. A. & Hardenbol, J. (eds) Proceedings of the Symposium on Calcareous Nannofossils. Gulf Coast Section SEPM Publication, 8-57. gsReferences:
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Russellia bukryi compiled by Jeremy R. Young, Paul R. Bown, Jacqueline A. Lees viewed: 24-1-2021
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