Distinguishing features: Small (holotype 4 µm) bicyclic Staurolithites with narrow central area filled with a narrow axial cross. The bright inner cycle is broader than the outer cycle.
Taxonomy:
Farinacci & Howe catalog pages: V. mitcheneri *
Distinguishing features: Small (holotype 4 µm) bicyclic Staurolithites with narrow central area filled with a narrow axial cross. The bright inner cycle is broader than the outer cycle.
Search data:Tags | LITHS: murolith, elliptical, CA: cross-axial, ca_disjunct, process, CROSS-POLARS: rim-bicyclic, V-prominent, R-prominent, |
Metrics | Lith size: 3->5µm; Data source notes: holotype +/-1µm |
Geological Range:
Last occurrence (top): within Early Aptian Substage (122.98-126.30Ma, top in Aptian stage). Data source: Bown et al. 1998
First occurrence (base): within Early Valanginian Substage (136.41-139.39Ma, base in Valanginian stage). Data source: Bown et al. 1998
Plot of occurrence data:
Applegate, J. L. & Bergen, J. A. (1988). Cretaceous calcareous nannofossil biostratigraphy of sediments recovered from the Galicia Margin, ODP Leg 103. Proceedings of the Ocean Drilling Program, Scientific Results. 103: 293-348. gs V O Bown, P. R., Rutledge, D. C., Crux, J. A. & Gallagher, L. T. (1998). Early Cretaceous. In, Bown, P. R. (ed.) Calcareous Nannofossil Biostratigraphy. British Micropalaeontological Society Publication Series. 86-131. gs Covington, J. M. & Wise, S. W. (1987). Calcareous nannofossil biostratigraphy of a Lower Cretaceous deep-sea fan complex: Deep Sea Drilling Project Leg 93 Site 603, lower continental rise off Cape Hatteras. Initial Reports of the Deep Sea Drilling Project. 93: 617-660. gs V OReferences:
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Staurolithites mitcheneri compiled by Jeremy R. Young, Paul R. Bown, Jacqueline A. Lees viewed: 19-1-2021
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