Citation: Tribrachiatus absidatus Self-Trail et al. 2017taxonomic rank: Species
Distinguishing features: Parent taxon (Tribrachiatus): Solid nannoliths with three rays that typically have terminal bifurcations. This taxon: one arm <½ length of the other two, the others slightly curved, tips bent and pointed.
Morphology: A medium to large, triradiate nannolith having two straight to slightly curved arms of equal length that exhibit a 95–140° bend near their pointed tips, and a smaller third arm that is less than half the length of the two main arms. The interior angle is between 110–140°. Width between ray tips is typically <15μm. Specimens are commonly overgrown and so exhibit high-order birefringence colors.
Tribrachiatus absidatus exhibits a broad range of morphological variation, and overgrowth can make it difficult to distinguish it from broken specimens of T. orthostylus and T. lunatus. Tribrachiatus absidatus can be differentiated from T. lunatus by the presence of a vaulted interior angle rather than a crescent arc and by the presence of bent tips at the end of the two main arms. Typically, the third arm of T. absidatus is slightly longer than the third arm of T. lunatus.
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Geological Range: Last occurrence (top): within NP12 zone (50.50-53.70Ma, top in Ypresian stage). Data source: Self-Trail et al. (2017 First occurrence (base): within NP11 zone (53.70-54.17Ma, base in Ypresian stage). Data source: Self-Trail et al. (2017
Plot of occurrence data:
Range-bar - range as quoted above, pink interval top occurs in, green interval base occurs in.
Triangles indicate an event for which a precise placement has been suggested
(NB There is no histogram as there are no occurrence records for the taxon in the Neptune database) Parent: Tribrachiatus
References:
Self-Trail, J., Seefelt, E. L., Shepherd, C. L. & Martin, V. A. (2017). Biostratigraphic and morphometric analyses of specimens from the calcareous nannofossil genus Tribrachiatus. Journal of Nannoplankton Research. 37(2-3): 177-188. gs
Shepherd, C. L. & Kulhanek, D. K. (2016). Eocene nannofossil biostratigraphy of the mid-Waipara River section, Canterbury Basin, New Zealand. Journal of Nannoplankton Research. 36(1): 33-59. gsO
Tribrachiatus absidatus compiled by Jeremy R. Young, Paul R. Bown, Jacqueline A. Lees viewed: 10-12-2024
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