Nannotax3 - ntax_main - Bomolithus elegans

Citation: Bomolithus elegans Roth 1973

Basionym: Bomolithus elegans * Roth 1973

Distinguishing features:
Parent taxon (Bomolithus): Three superposed cycles - disk and column strongly birefringent, medial cycle weakly birefringent. Column high.
This taxon: 5-8 µm; column high and conical (tapering from the disc)

7.5–12.0μm - according to Bown (2016)

Geological Range:
Last occurrence (top): in lower part of NP8 zone (20% up, 58.4Ma, in Thanetian stage). Data source: Varol, (1989, fig. 12.4)
First occurrence (base): within NP5 zone (59.54-61.51Ma, base in Selandian stage). Data source: Perch-Nielsen 1985

References:

Bowman, A. R. & Varol, O. (2021). A taxonomic revision of Heliolithaceae—Applications in resolving the problematic calcareous nannofossil biostratigraphy of the Paleocene. In, Montenari, M. (ed.) Stratigraphy & Timescales 6. Academic Press (2): 43-223. gs

Bown, P. R. (2010). Calcareous nannofossils from the Paleocene/Eocene Thermal Maximum interval of southern Tanzania (TDP Site 14). Journal of Nannoplankton Research. 31(1): 11-38. gs O

Bown, P. R. (2016). Paleocene calcareous nannofossils from Tanzania (TDP sites 19, 27 and 38). Journal of Nannoplankton Research. 36(1): 1-32. gs O

Okada, H. & Thierstein, H. R. (1979). Calcareous nannoplankton - Leg 43, Deep Sea Drilling Project. Initial Reports of the Deep Sea Drilling Project. 43: 507-573. gs O

Perch-Nielsen, K. (1977). 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

Perch-Nielsen, K. (1985). Cenozoic calcareous nannofossils. In, Bolli, H. M., Saunders, J. B. & Perch-Nielsen, K. (eds) Plankton Stratigraphy. Cambridge University Press, Cambridge (1): 427-555. gs

Romein, A. J. T. (1979). Lineages in Early Paleogene calcareous nannoplankton. Utrecht Micropaleontological Bulletin. 22: 1-231. gs O

Roth, P. H. (1973). Calcareous nannofossils: Leg 17 of the Deep Sea Drilling Project. Initial Reports of the Deep Sea Drilling Project. 17: 695-795. gs O

Self-Trail, J. M., Parker, M., Govoni, D. L., Bybell, L. M., Gardner, K. F. & Gohn, G. S. (2023). Designation of a composite-stratotype section for the lower Paleocene (Danian) Brightseat Formation in Prince George’s County, Maryland, USA. Stratigraphy. 20(4): 237-258. gs

Steurbaut, E. (1998). High–resolution holostratigraphy of Middle Paleocene to Early Eocene strata in Belgium and adjacent areas. Palaeontographica Abteilung A Palaeozoologie Stratigraphie. 247: 91-256. gs

Varol, O. (1989c). Palaeocene calcareous nannofossil biostratigraphy. In, Crux, J. A. & van Heck, S. E. (eds) Nannofossils and their applications: Proceedings of the 2nd INA Conference, London 1987. British Micropalaeontological Society Publication Series . 265-310. gs

Bomolithus elegans

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