1969 Giraffospyris circumflexa n. sp. Goll p. 332, pl. 60, figs. 1-4, text-fig. 2 1971 Acanthodesmia circumtexta (Goll) Petrushevskaya pl. 142, figs. 4, 5 1975 Giraffospyris circumflexa Goll Ling p. 726, pl. 7, figs. 2, 3 1981 Giraffospyris circumflexa Goll De Wever pl. 1, figs. 1, 2 1984 Acanthodesmia circumflexa (Goll) Nigrini & Lombari N43-44, pl. 19, fig. 2 1985 Giraffospyris circumflexa Goll Boltovskoy & Jankilevich pl. 3, fig. 29 1994 Giraffospyris circumflexa Goll Mahapatra & Sharma p. 159, pl. 1, figs. 6, 7Taxonomic discussion: This species was reported by Goll as mostly Miocene or early Pliocene from poorly dated equatorial Pacific piston cores, in other deep sea drilling studies as late Oligocene-early Miocene, except for rare but consistent occurrences reported by Caulet (in a Leg 90 report) in Pleistocene samples from western tropical Pacific site 586 (Leg 89). No text or images were given by Caulet. Stratigraphic range is thus uncertain. - dbl Nov. 2025
Geological Range: Last occurrence (top): within (-Ma, top in "Holocene" stage). Data source: First occurrence (base): within (-Ma, base in "Holocene" stage). Data source:
Plot of occurrence data:
Range-bar - range as quoted above, pink interval top occurs in, green interval base occurs in.
Triangles indicate an event for which a precise placement has been suggested.
Histogram - Neptune occurrence data from DSDP and ODP proceedings. Pale shading <50 samples in time bin. Interpret with caution & read these notes
type image: G. circumflexa
type image: G. circumflexa
