Distinguishing features: Cretarhabdids with central area spanned by narrow axial cross and fine net.
Daughter taxa (time control age-window is: 0-800Ma)![]() | ||||
![]() | ![]() | ![]() | Miravetesina bergenii Like M. favula but medium-sized (6-8 µm), with more pronounced axial cross, and younger age. Late Creteceous | |
![]() | ![]() | ![]() | Miravetesina favula Large (7-12 µm) cretarhabdids with central area spanned by narrow axial cross and fine net. Late Jurassic-Early Cretaceous | |
Miravetesina sp. Specimens not identified to species level |
Taxonomy:
Farinacci & Howe catalog pages: Miravetesina *
Distinguishing features: Cretarhabdids with central area spanned by narrow axial cross and fine net.
Morphology: Arguably a junior synonym of Cretarhabdus.
Tags | LITHS: placolith, elliptical, CA: ca_disjunct, CROSS-POLARS: R-prominent, |
Metrics | Lith size: 6->12µm; Data source notes: size range of included species |
Geological Range:
Last occurrence (top): at top of Maastrichtian Stage (100% up, 66Ma, in Maastrichtian stage). Data source: Total of range of species in this database
First occurrence (base): at base of Kimmeridgian Stage (0% up, 157.3Ma, in Kimmeridgian stage). Data source: Total of range of species in this database
Plot of occurrence data:
Bown, P. R. & Cooper, M. K. E. (1998). Jurassic. In, Bown, P. R. (ed.) Calcareous Nannofossil Biostratigraphy. British Micropalaeontological Society Publication Series. 34-85. gs Grün, W. & Allemann, F. (1975). The Lower Cretaceous of Caravaca (Spain): Berriasian Calcareous Nannoplankton of the Miravetes Section (Subbetic Zone, Prov. of Murcia). Eclogae Geologicae Helvetiae. 68: 147-211. gs V OReferences:
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Miravetesina compiled by Jeremy R. Young, Paul R. Bown, Jacqueline A. Lees viewed: 25-2-2021
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