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CATALOG - Tetralithus


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Original descriptions of taxa. For coccolithophores, and many calcispheres, these are pages from the Farinacci & Howe Catalog of Calcareous Nannofossils. In other cases (e.g. non-calcifying haptophytes) the data is directly compiled on this site. The "Catalogue of Calcareous Nannofossils" was originally compiled by Prof A. Farinacci 1969-1989, since 2000 it has been updated and extended by Richard Howe - see The Farinacci and Howe Catalog - an Introduction.
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Tetralithus campanensis Cepek 1970
= Orastrum campanensis
Tetralithus? cassianus Jafar 1983
= crystals
Tetralithus copulatus Deflandre 1959
= Petrarhabdus copulatus
Tetralithus crux Shumenko 1969

Tetralithus descriptus Martini 1961
= Unidentifiable nannofossil
Tetralithus distortus Risatti 1973
= Unidentifiable nannofossil
Tetralithus gothicus Deflandre 1959
= Uniplanarius gothicus
Tetralithus gothicus Deflandre 1959 trifidus Stradner & Papp 1961
= Uniplanarius trifidus
Tetralithus isoplexiros Zanin in Zanin et al. (2012)

Tetralithus malticus Worsley 1971
= Palaeomicula maltica
Tetralithus mississippiensis Risatti 1973

Tetralithus multiplus Perch-Nielsen 1973
= Octolithus multiplus
Tetralithus murus Martini 1961
= Micula murus
Tetralithus nitidus Martini 1961
= Nannotetrina fulgens
Tetralithus obscurus Deflandre 1959
= Calculites obscurus
Tetralithus ovalis Stradner 1963
= Calculites ovalis
Tetralithus parvulus Shumenko 1969
= Unidentifiable nannofossil
Tetralithus praemurus Bukry 1973
= Micula praemurus
Tetralithus pseudotrifidus Jafar 1983
= crystals
Tetralithus pyramidus Gardet 1955
= Futyania petalosa
Tetralithus quadratus Stradner 1961

Tetralithus quadrisphenus Worsley 1971
= Palaeomicula quadrisphena
Tetralithus servator Risatti 1973
= Unidentifiable nannofossil
Tetralithus tortus Risatti 1973
= Unidentifiable nannofossil
Tetralithus trifidus Stradner in Stradner & Papp 1961 emend. Prins & Sissingh, in Sissingh 1977
= Uniplanarius trifidus
Tetralithus? variabilis Worsley 1971



Current identification/main database link: Inorganic crystals

Compiled data

Citation: Tetralithus Gardet 1955
Taxonomic rank: genus
Type species: Tetralithus pyramidus Gardet, 1955
Language: FR
Farinacci catalog page (& compiler): 2220
Current citation: Inorganic crystals


Editors' Notes
Cretaceous species which were once assigned to Tetralithus are now placed in Micula, Ceratolithoides, Calculitesand Uniplanarius. The generic description does not really correspond to any obvious nannofossil and possibly was based on a diagenetic crystal.

References:

Gardet, M. (1955). Contribution à l'étude des coccolithes des terrains néogènes de l'Algérie. Publications du Service de la Carte Géologique de l'Algérie. 5: 477-550. gs O


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Tetralithus: Catalog entry compiled by Anna Farinacci. Viewed: 8-2-2025

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