Nannotax3 - ntax_main - Lapideacassis cornuta

Citation: Lapideacassis cornuta (Forchheimer & Stradner, 1973) Wind & Wise in Wise & Wind, 1977

Basionym: Scampanella cornuta Forchheimer & Stradner, 1973

Distinguishing features:
Parent taxon (Lapideacassis): Hemispherical to cylindrical nannoliths, with walls constructed from one to several cycles of thin elements, enclosing a hollow central space; the nannolith tapers distally, and may have long apical spines or processes.
Species arranged here by number of spines.
This taxon: 2, apical spines at about 45 degrees.

Geological Range:
Last occurrence (top): within Campanian Stage (72.17-83.65Ma, top in Campanian stage). Data source: Burnett 1998
First occurrence (base): within Albian Stage (100.50-113.20Ma, base in Albian stage). Data source: Burnett 1998

References:

Burnett, J. A. (1998). Upper Cretaceous. In, Bown, P. R. (ed.) Calcareous Nannofossil Biostratigraphy. British Micropalaeontological Society Publication Series . 132-199. gs O

Forchheimer, S. & Stradner, H. (1973). Scampanella, eine neue Gattung kretazischer Nannofossilien. Verhandlungen der Geologischen Bundesanstalt (Wien). 1973(2): 286-289. gs

Perch-Nielsen, K. & Franz, H. E. (1977). Lapideacassis and Scampanella, calcareous nannofossils from the Paleocene at sites 354 and 356, DSDP Leg 39, Southern Atlantic. Initial Reports of the Deep Sea Drilling Project. 39: 849-862. gs

Salomon, R. (1999). The Calcite Palace. Website - https://ina.tmsoc.org/galleries/CalcitePalace/index.htm. -. gs

Wise, S. W. & Wind, F. H. (1977). Mesozoic and Cenozoic calcareous nannofossils recovered by DSDP Leg 36 drilling on the Falkland Plateau, south-west Atlantic sector of the Southern Ocean. Initial Reports of the Deep Sea Drilling Project. 36(269-491): -. gs O

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Lapideacassis cornuta

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