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CATALOG - Olladiscoaster zucchiae


Folder trail: ntax_Farinacci -> O -> Olladiscoaster -> Olladiscoaster zucchiae
Folders this level: O. asterilithos, O. bordii, O. cruxii, O. cruzii, O. exagonikoasteri, O. lepidus, O. molae, O. perplexus, O. superbus, O. vestigium, O. zucchiae

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Current identification:

Compiled data

Citation: Olladiscoaster zucchiae Varol & Bowman 2024
Taxonomic rank: species
Type specimens: Holotype: Plate 19, Figs. 1-24 (same specimen in mobile mount).
Type age (chronostrat): Zone NN6, Middle Miocene.
Standardised type level: 122_MIDDLE MIOCENE
Type locality: USGS-NASA Langley core Hampton, VA, USA.
Type repository: Varol Research, Llandudno
Repository Country: Wales


Original Description

Circular to hexagonal species of Olladiscoaster have segments without arms. On the distal side, the distinct sutural ridges are created by the deep cavities. The sutural ridges are raised towards the centre and capped by kite-shaped distal covers. The distinct proximal ridges with a hexagon-stellate knob at the centre decorate the bulged proximal side. In side view, Olladiscoaster zucchiae resembles a bouquet.

Size:
Dimensions of holotype: Maximum diameter: 6.46 µm, Maximum height: 5.43 µm; Diameter of the proximal knob: 4.04 µm, Height of the proximal knob: 1.33 µm (measurements from bright field micrograph).

Etymology:
In honour of the late Donata Zucchi, a nannofossil specialist from Italy.

Extra details from original publication
Remarks: Olladiscoaster zucchiae differs from Olladiscoaster cruzii, Olladiscoaster catinatus and Olladiscoaster asterilithos by having a kite shape distal cover, whereas the latter species have boomerang shape distal covers. Olladiscoaster zucchiae is distinguished from Olladiscoaster bordii by having a hexagon-stellate proximal knob, whilst the latter species have petaloid proximal knobs. Olladiscoaster zucchiae is differentiated from Olladiscoaster exagonikoasteri and Olladiscoaster perplexus by having sutural ridges bisecting the periphery at the middle, whilst later species have sutural ridges almost aligned with the vertices. Moreover, Olladiscoaster exagonikoasteri lacks a proximal knob.

Occurrence: This species is recorded from ODP Leg 154, Hole 926A Ceara Rise, Atlantic Ocean, IODP Leg 354, Hole 1451B, Ninetyeast Ridge, Bengal Fan, Indian Ocean, USGS-NASA Langley core 134.4 m, Hampton, VA, USA and various commercial oil wells in the Gulf of Mexico.

Stratigraphic range: Middle Miocene (Zones NN5-NN7).

Editors' Notes
The species was named for Donata Zucchi, a nannofossil palaeontologist. The name is consistently given in the text as zucciae but this is a correctable orthographic error (ICN  Art 60.1, see  example 7). So the correct name is O. zucchiae and the spelling has been corrected here. [JRY 2025]

References:

Varol, O. & Bowman, A. R. (2024). The new Middle Miocene genus Olladiscoaster, and related and associated discoasters. Grzybowski Foundation Special Publication. 28: 1-102. gs


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Olladiscoaster zucchiae: Catalog entry compiled by Jeremy Young. Viewed: 5-3-2026

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Thanks Varol