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Zebrashapka


Classification: ntax_main -> Mesozoic nannofossils -> Eiffellithales -> Rhagodiscaceae -> Zebrashapka
Sister taxa: Percivalia, Rhagodiscus ⟩⟨ Calcicalathina, Zebrashapka

Daughter taxa (time control age-window is: 0-800Ma)
Zebrashapka vanhintei
Solid, truncated-cone-shaped coccolith (possibly a holococcolith), with distinct outer rim and banded core.
Zebrashapka sp.
Specimens not identified to species level

Taxonomy:
Citation: Zebrashapka Covington & Wise, 1987
Taxonomic rank: genus
Type species: Zebrashapka vanhintei Covington and Wise, 1987

Distinguishing features:
Parent taxon (Rhagodiscaceae): Eiffelithales with V-units forming most of rim (R-units typically thin plates on proximal surface, so LM images are typically unicyclic). Central-areas typically filled by a plate of granular calcite. The central structure may be spine-bearing, perforate or massive.
This taxon: Solid, truncated-cone-shaped coccolith (possibly a holococcolith), with distinct outer rim and banded core.

Farinacci & Howe catalog pages:
Zebrashapka *

Search data:
LITHS: murolith, nannolith-radiate, elliptical, cylindrical, CA: process, closed, CROSS-POLARS: rim-unicyclic,
Lith size: 4->7µm;
Data source notes: size range of included species
The morphological data given here can be used on the advanced search page. See also these notes

Geological Range:
Last occurrence (top): at top of Early Aptian Substage (100% up, 118.7Ma, in Aptian stage). Data source: Total of ranges of the species in this database
First occurrence (base): within Late Hauterivian Substage (126.50-130.60Ma, base in Hauterivian stage). Data source: Total of ranges of species in this database

Plot of occurrence data:

References:

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 O


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Zebrashapka compiled by Jeremy R. Young, Paul R. Bown, Jacqueline A. Lees viewed: 23-1-2026

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