Taxonomy:
Distinguishing features:
Parent taxon (Scyphosphaera): Coccospheres with Pontosphaera-like body coccoliths and equatorial coccoliths with rims elevated into vase-like structures (lopadoliths).
This taxon: Opening wide and with well developed collar.
Farinacci & Howe catalog pages: S. pulcherrima * , S. amphora * , S. darraghi * , S. halldali *
Morphology:
Size:
Tags | LITHS: murolith, elliptical, cylindrical, hollow, CA: plate, pores, CROSS-POLARS: rim-bicyclic, V-prominent, R-prominent, |
Metrics | Lith size: 10->20µm; Data source notes: lith height from OD & illustrated specimens |
Geological Range:
Notes: LO has been used as a biostratigraphic marker in the Pleistocene (Gartner 1991, Styzen - see comment below)
Last occurrence (top): within NN19 zone (0.44-1.93Ma, top in Ionian stage). Data source: Young 1998
First occurrence (base): within NN6 zone (11.90-13.53Ma, base in Serravallian stage). Data source: Young 1998
Plot of occurrence data:
Deflandre, G. & Fert, C. (1954). Observations sur les coccolithophoridés actuels et fossiles en microscopie ordinaire et électronique. Annales de Paléontologie. 40: 115-176. gs Deflandre, G. (1942a). Coccolithophoridés fossiles d'Oranie. Genres Scyphosphaera Lohmann et Thorosphaera Ostenfeld. Bulletin de la Société d'Histoire Naturelle de Toulouse. 77: 125-137. gs Gartner, S. (1991). A note on Gephyrocapsa caribbeanica and amphora-shaped Scyphosphaera. INA Newsletter. 13(3): 103-104. gs V O Müller, C. (1974b). Calcareous nannoplankton, Leg 25 (Western Indian Ocean). Initial Reports of the Deep Sea Drilling Project. 25: 579-633. gs V O Perch-Nielsen, K. (1977a). Albian to Pleistocene calcareous nannofossils from the Western South Atlantic, DSDP Leg 39. Initial Reports of the Deep Sea Drilling Project. 39: 699-823. gs O Rade, J. (1975). Scyphosphaera evolutionary trends with special reference to eastern Australia. Micropaleontology. 21: 151-165. gs Siesser, W. G. (1998). Calcareous nannofossil Genus Scyphosphaera: structure, taxonomy, biostratigraphy, and phylogeny. Micropaleontology. 44(4): 351-384. gs Young, J. R. (1998). Neogene. In, Bown, P. R. (ed.) Calcareous Nannofossil Biostratigraphy. British Micropalaeontological Society Publication Series. 225-265. gs V OReferences:
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Scyphosphaera pulcherrima compiled by Jeremy R. Young, Paul R. Bown, Jacqueline A. Lees viewed: 13-8-2022
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