1975 Saccospyris preantarctica - Petrushevskaya p.589; pl. 13, figs. 19, 20
1983 Saccospyris preantarctica - Weaver pl. I, fig. 8
1985 Saccospyris preantarctica - Caulet p.853
From Suzuki Paleotax db:
1975 Saccospyris preantarctica n. sp. Petrushevskaya p. 589, pl. 13, figs. 19, 20
1976 Saccospyris preantarctica Petrushevskaya Petrushevskaya pl. 2, figs. a, b
1978 Botryopyle cf. praeantarctica (Petrushevskaya) Dumitrica p. 242, pl. 7, fig. 13
1983 Saccospyris praeantarctica Petrushevskaya [sic] Weaver pl. 1, fig. 8
1991 Saccospyris preantarctica Petrushevskaya Takahashi p. 134, pl. 45, fig. 21
Catalog entries: Saccospyris preantarctica
Original description: Rather thin-walled Saccospyris. Postcephalic tube and outer spines A, D, L are more pronounced than in S. antarctica. The shell outline is less compact than in S. antarctica.
Remarks on original description: Description is based on 21 specimens from Site 278 (Cores 12-27) and some additional materials.
Geological Range:
Last occurrence (top): Extant. Data source: Lazarus et al. 2015 - "R age group"
First occurrence (base): within Quaternary Period (0.00-2.59Ma, base in Gelasian stage). Data source: Lazarus et al. 2015 - "R age group"
Plot of occurrence data:
Weaver, F. M. (1983). Cenozoic radiolarians from the southwest Atlantic, Falkland Plateau region, Deep Sea Drilling Project Leg 71. Initial Reports of the Deep Sea Drilling Project. 71: 667-686. gs Missing or ambiguous references: Caulet 1985; ; References:

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