Distinguishing features:
Parent taxon (Calyculus): High, broad, flaring distal-shield composed of radial, non-imbricating elements, and a proximal-shield which is often reduced to a simple, narrow cycle of elements; central-area structures are highly variable, including numerous bars, concentric structures, nets and grills.
This taxon: Elliptical Calyculus ; rim moderately elevated; central area with axial cross,concentric lozenge.
Taxonomy:
Farinacci & Howe catalog pages: C. cribrum + * , C. pugnatum * , C. adjunctus *
Distinguishing features:
Parent taxon (Calyculus): High, broad, flaring distal-shield composed of radial, non-imbricating elements, and a proximal-shield which is often reduced to a simple, narrow cycle of elements; central-area structures are highly variable, including numerous bars, concentric structures, nets and grills.
This taxon: Elliptical Calyculus ; rim moderately elevated; central area with axial cross,concentric lozenge.
Morphology:
LITHS: placolith, elliptical, hollow, CA: concentric-ring(s), cross-axial, ca_disjunct, CROSS-POLARS: V-prominent, rim-unicyclic, |
Lith size: 5->7µm; Data source notes: Bown (1987) +/- 0.5 µm |
See also: Sollasites lowei - putative ancestral coccolith, with very similar central structure;
Geological Range:
Last occurrence (top): within NJ9 zone (170.07-172.30Ma, top in Bajocian stage). Data source: Bown & Cooper 1998
First occurrence (base): within Late Pliensbachian Substage (184.20-188.00Ma, base in Pliensbachian stage). Data source: Bown & Cooper 1998
Plot of occurrence data:
Bown, P. R. & Cooper, M. K. E. (1998). Jurassic. In, Bown, P. R. (ed.) Calcareous Nannofossil Biostratigraphy. British Micropalaeontological Society Publication Series . 34-85. gs O Bown, P. R. (1987a). Taxonomy, evolution, and biostratigraphy of Late Triassic-Early Jurassic calcareous nannofossils. Special Papers in Palaeontology. 38: 1-118. gs Crux, J. A. (1987a). Concerning dimorphism in Early Jurassic coccoliths and the origin of the genus Discorhabdus Noël 1965. Abhandlungen der Geologischen Bundesanstalt. 39: 51-55. gs Goy, G., Noël, D. & Busson, G. (1979). Les conditions de sédimentation des schistes-carton (Toarcien inf.) du bassin de Paris déduites de l'étude des nannofossiles calcaires et des diagraphies. Document des Laboratoires de Géologie de la Faculté des Sciences de Lyon. 75: 33-57. gs O Grün, W., Prins, P. & Zweili, F. (1974). Coccolithophoriden aus dem Lias epsilon von Holzmaden (Deutschland). Neues Jahrbuch für Geologie und Paläontologie, Abhandlungen. 147: 294-328. gs Hamilton, G. B. (1977). Early Jurassic calcareous nannofossils from Portugal and their biostratigraphic use. Eclogae Geologicae Helvetiae. 70: 575-597. gs O Mattioli, E. (1996). New calcareous nannofossil species from the Early Jurassic of Tethys. Rivista Italiana di Paleontologia e Stratigrafia. 102(3): 397-412. gs Noël, D. (1973). Nannofossiles calcaires de sédiments jurassiques finement laminés. Bulletin du Muséum National d'Histoire Naturelle, Paris. 75 [1972]: 95-156. gs References:
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Calyculus cribrum compiled by Jeremy R. Young, Paul R. Bown, Jacqueline A. Lees viewed: 29-4-2025
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