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x: P. contiguum
From Suzuki Paleotax db:
1874 Pterocanium contiguum n. sp. Ehrenberg p. 255
1876 Pterocanium contiguum Ehrenberg Ehrenberg p. 82-83, pl. 17, fig. 7
1887 Pterocanium (Pterocanarium) contiguum Ehrenberg Haeckel p. 1330
1972 Petropilium (?) sp. group aff. Pterocanium continguum Ehrenberg Petrushevskaya & Kozlova p. 553, pl. 29, figs. 8-10
1972 Pterocanium (?) contiguum (Ehrenberg) Petrushevskaya & Kozlova pl. 29, fig. 11
1977 Pterocanium contiguum Ehrenberg Riedel & Sanfilippo pl. 4, fig. 7
1991 Pteropilium contiguum (Ehrenberg) Caulet pl. 2, fig. 11
1993 Pterocanium (?) contiguum Ehrenberg Vituchin pl. 23, fig. 3
1999 Pterocanium contiguum Ehrenberg Kozlova pl. 24, fig. 7
2006 Pterocanium sp. aff. Pterocanium contiguum (Ehrenberg) [sic] Nigrini et al. pl. P5, fig. 2
2009 Pterocanium contiguum Ehrenberg [Ehrenberg collection] Ogane et al. pl. 47, fig. 8a-e
Catalog entries: Pterocanium contiguum
x: P. contiguumOriginal description: [Smooth, three-segmented; cephalis rather distinct, with small pores, with an acute, thick horn and a median decurrent rib. Second segment obconical, with small contiguous pores in transverse rows, and with two thick backwardly-directed spines. Third segment very short, cylindtical, smooth at the margin, with three rows of pores. Total length without spines 60 µ, of cephalis 11 µ, of second segment 37 µ, of third segment 11 µ of frontal horn 26 µ. (Translated from Latin by E.M.R. and W.R.R.)]
Geological Range:
Last occurrence (top): within Paleogene Period (23.03-66.04Ma, top in Chattian stage). Data source: Lazarus et al. 2015 - "P age group"
First occurrence (base): within Paleogene Period (23.03-66.04Ma, base in Danian stage). Data source: Lazarus et al. 2015 - "P age group"
Plot of occurrence data:
References:
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Pterocanium contiguum compiled by the radiolaria@mikrotax project team viewed: 22-7-2026
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