Distinguishing features:
Parent taxon (Braarudosphaera bigelowii): Pentaliths large (8-10.5 µm across)
Motile cells 10-20 µm long
18S genotype III
This taxon: Cenozoic specimens of Braarudosphaera bigelowii (sensu lato)
| Lith size: 0->0µm; |
Geological Range:
Last occurrence (top): within Holocene Epoch (0.00-0.01Ma, top in "Holocene" stage). Data source:
First occurrence (base): within Danian Stage (61.61-66.04Ma, base in Danian stage). Data source:
Plot of occurrence data:
Bown, P. R. (2005d). Palaeogene calcareous nannofossils from the Kilwa and Lindi areas of coastal Tanzania (Tanzania Drilling Project 2003-4). Journal of Nannoplankton Research. 27(1): 21-95. gs O 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 Hagino, K., et al. (2026). Taxonomic re-evaluation of the Braarudosphaera
bigelowii species complex (Prymnesiophyceae). Phycologia. 1-18. gs Mai, H., von Salis, K., Willems, H. & Romein, A. J. T. (1997). Fossil coccospheres from the K/T boundary section from Geulhemmerberg, The Netherlands. Micropaleontology. 43: 281-303. gsReferences:

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Braarudosphaera bigelowii - Cenozoic compiled by Jeremy R. Young, Paul R. Bown, Jacqueline A. Lees viewed: 13-9-2026
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