Distinguishing features:
Parent taxon (Rhagodiscus): Loxolith coccoliths with low rim and central-area filled by a granular plate which may be perforate and/or spine-bearing. In xpl the rim is unicyclic moderately bright, the central area is granular, lacking a clear extinction cross.
This taxon: Medium-sized unicyclic loxolith coccoliths with a wide central area spanned by a butterfly-shaped bar with raised, birefringent edges.
Taxonomy:
Farinacci & Howe catalog pages: R. adinfinitus *
Distinguishing features:
Parent taxon (Rhagodiscus): Loxolith coccoliths with low rim and central-area filled by a granular plate which may be perforate and/or spine-bearing. In xpl the rim is unicyclic moderately bright, the central area is granular, lacking a clear extinction cross.
This taxon: Medium-sized unicyclic loxolith coccoliths with a wide central area spanned by a butterfly-shaped bar with raised, birefringent edges.
Morphology:
Size:
LITHS: murolith, elliptical, CA: plate, process, diagonal cross, CROSS-POLARS: rim-unicyclic, R-prominent, |
Lith size: 6->8µm; Data source notes: original description & illustrated specimens |
Geological Range:
Last occurrence (top): within Berriasian Stage (137.70-143.10Ma, top in Berriasian stage). Data source: Bown 2005
First occurrence (base): within Berriasian Stage (137.70-143.10Ma, base in Berriasian stage). Data source: Bown 2005
Plot of occurrence data:
Bown, P. R. (2005c). Early to Mid-Cretaceous Calcareous Nannoplankton from the Northwest Pacific Ocean, Leg 198, Shatsky Rise. Proceedings of the Ocean Drilling Program, Scientific Results. 198: 1-82. gs O Rahman, A. & Roth, P. H. (1991). Upper Jurassic calcareous nannofossils from the DSDP Site 534 in the Blake Bahama Basin, western North Atlantic. Eclogae Geologicae Helvetiae. 84: 765-789. gs OReferences:
Rhagodiscus adinfinitus compiled by Jeremy R. Young, Paul R. Bown, Jacqueline A. Lees viewed: 10-9-2024
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