Distinguishing features:
Parent taxon (Carinolithus): Trumpet-shaped coccoliths with small, disc-like proximal shield and high, flaring distal shield.
This taxon: Trumpet-shaped coccoliths with small, disc-like proximal shield and narrow gently widening distal shield that flares distally to a diameter just greater than the proximal disc. Seen in side view.
Sub-taxa & variants (time control age-window is: 0-800Ma) | ||||
Carinolithus superbus subsp. crassus Stem width > 1 µm | ||||
Carinolithus superbus subsp. superbus Stem width < 1 µm |
Taxonomy:
Farinacci & Howe catalog pages: R. superbus * , R. sceptrum * , R. clavatus * , C. cantaluppii *
Distinguishing features:
Parent taxon (Carinolithus): Trumpet-shaped coccoliths with small, disc-like proximal shield and high, flaring distal shield.
This taxon: Trumpet-shaped coccoliths with small, disc-like proximal shield and narrow gently widening distal shield that flares distally to a diameter just greater than the proximal disc. Seen in side view.
Search data:
LITHS: placolith, hollow, cylindrical, rod-shaped, circular, CA: vacant, closed, CROSS-POLARS: rim-unicyclic, V-prominent, |
Lith size: 7->10µm; Data source notes: Bown (1987) - length |
Geological Range:
Last occurrence (top): near base of NJ10 zone (10% up, 169.9Ma, in Bajocian stage). Data source: Bown & Cooper 1998 (fig. 4) - secondary events; Mattioli & Erba 1999, fig. 12 - zonal marker
First occurrence (base): at base of NJ6 zone (0% up, 183.5Ma, in Toarcian stage). Data source: Bown & Cooper 1998 (fig 4) - zonal event; Mattioli & Erba 1999, fig. 12 - zonal marker
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 Bown, P. R. (1987b). The structural development of Early Mesozoic coccoliths and its evolutionary and taxonomic significance. Abhandlungen der Geologischen Bundesanstalt. 39: 33-49. gs Bown, P. R., Cooper, M. K. E. & Lord, A. R. (1988). A calcareous nannofossil biozonation scheme for the early to mid Mesozoic. Newsletters on Stratigraphy. 20: 91-114. gs Cobianchi, M. (1990). Biostratigrafia a nannofossili calcarei del passaggio Domeriano-Toarciano in Val Navezze (Brescia). Atti Ticinensi di Scienze della Terra. 33: 19-25. gs Crux, J. A. (1984). Biostratigraphy of Early Jurassic calcareous nannofossils from southwest Germany. Neues Jahrbuch für Geologie und Paläontologie, Abhandlungen. 169: 160-186. gs O Crux, J. A. (1987b). Early Jurassic calcareous nannofossil biostratigraphic events. Newsletters on Stratigraphy. 17: 79-100. 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 Deflandre, G. & Fert, C. (1954). Observations sur les coccolithophoridés actuels et fossiles en microscopie ordinaire et électronique. Annales de Paléontologie. 40: 115-176. gs 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 Mattioli, E. & Erba, E. (1999). Synthesis of calcareous nannofossil events in Tethyan lower and middle Jurassic successions. Rivista Italiana di Paleontologia e Stratigrafia. 105(3): 343-376. gs Mattioli, E. (1996). New calcareous nannofossil species from the Early Jurassic of Tethys. Rivista Italiana di Paleontologia e Stratigrafia. 102(3): 397-412. gs Medd, A. W. (1979). The Upper Jurassic coccoliths from the Haddenham and Gamlingay boreholes (Cambridgeshire, England). Eclogae Geologicae Helvetiae. 72: 19-109. gs O Menini, A., Mattioli, E., Spangenberg, J. E., Pittet, B. & Suan, G. (2018). New calcareous nannofossil and carbon isotope data for the Pliensbachian/Toarcian boundary (Early Jurassic) in the western Tethys and their paleoenvironmental implications. Newsletters on Stratigraphy. -. gs Prins, B. (1969). Evolution and stratigraphy of cocolithinids from the Lower and Middle Lias. In, Bronnimann, P. & Renz, H. H. (eds) Proceedings of the First International Conference on Planktonic Microfossils, Geneva 1967. E. J. Brill, Leiden 547-558. gs Sandoval, J. et al. (2012). The Toarcian in the Subbetic basin (southern Spain): bio-events (ammonite and calcareous nannofossils) and carbon-isotope stratigraphy. Palaeogeography Palaeoclimatology Palaeoecology. 342-3: 40-63. gs Visentin, S., Faucher, G. & Erba, E. Mattioli, E. (2021). Taxonomic revision of the genus Carinolithus (Early - Middle Jurassic) based on morphometric analyses and diagenesis observations: Implications for biostratigraphy and evolutionary trends. Marine Micropaleontology. 162: 1-11. gsReferences:
Carinolithus superbus compiled by Jeremy R. Young, Paul R. Bown, Jacqueline A. Lees viewed: 13-1-2025
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