Taxonomy:
Distinguishing features: Fossil coccolith species of similar size and shape to modern Hymenomonas. Thick-walled, elliptical.
Farinacci & Howe catalog pages: H. krejcigrafii *
Ecology & Biogeography: Described from neritic sediments of the Paratethys - so the right sort of environment for fossil Hymenomonas
Tags | LITHS: murolith, elliptical, CA: vacant, |
Metrics | Lith size: 2->3µm; Data source notes: lith size from OD |
Geological Range:
Last occurrence (top): within Miocene Epoch (5.33-23.03Ma, top in Messinian stage). Data source: Martini 1988
First occurrence (base): within Miocene Epoch (5.33-23.03Ma, base in Aquitanian stage). Data source: Martini 1988
Plot of occurrence data:
Martini, E. (1988). Nannoplankton-Massenvorkommen in den Corbicula-(=Schichten mit Hydrobia inflata) und Hydrobienschichten des Oberrheingrabens, des Mainzer und des Hanauer Beckens (Miozän). Geologisches Jahrbuch. A110: 205-227. gsReferences:
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Hymenomonas krejcigrafii compiled by Jeremy R. Young, Paul R. Bown, Jacqueline A. Lees viewed: 4-3-2021
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